cyclone wave

1. A disturbance in the lower troposphere, of wavelength 1000-2500 kilometers; cyclone waves are recognized on synoptic charts as migratory high- and low-pressure systems. 2. A frontal wave at the crest of which there is a center of cyclonic circulation, that is, the frontal wave of a wave cyclone.

Related terms:

• wave cyclone
• upper-level cyclone
• long wave
• cyclonic scale
• primary cyclone
• frontal cyclone
• frontal wave
• secondary cyclone
• tropical cyclone
• cyclone