subpolar low-pressure belt

A belt of low pressure located, in the mean, between 50 and 70ø latitude; in the Northern Hemisphere, this belt consists of the Aleutian low and the Icelandic low; in the Southern Hemisphere, it is supposed to exist around the periphery of the Antarctic continent.

Related terms:

• polar easterlies
• Aleutian low
• subtropical high-pressure belt
• subpolar high
• Icelandic low
• complex low
• calm belt
• warm low
• central pressure
• antarctic front