subtropical high

One of the semipermanent highs of the subtropical high-pressure belt; these highs appear as centers of action on mean charts of surface pressure; they lie over oceans and are best developed in the summer season. Also known as oceanic anticyclone; oceanic high; subtropical anticyclone.

Related terms:

• subtropical high-pressure belt
• arctic high
• continental high
• Siberian high
• North American high
• subpolar high
• subtropical anticyclone
• high
• Bermuda high
• Azores high