upper-level anticyclone


upper-level anticyclone

[¦əp·ər ¦lev·əl ′ant·i′sī‚klōn] (meteorology) An anticyclonic circulation existing in the upper air; this often refers to such anticyclones only when they are much more pronounced at upper levels than at and near the earth's surface. Also known as high aloft; high-level anticyclone; upper anticyclone; upper high; upper-level high.