Antitrades
ant-trades, westerly winds lying above the winds in the tropics.
noting or pertaining to such a wind.
historical examples
some writers prefer to call the former the ant-trades and the latter the countertrades.
meteorology charles fitzhugh talman
plural noun
winds in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds
ant-trades
(ān’tĭ-trādz’)
winds blowing steadily from west to east in the upper levels of the troposphere, above and in a direction counter to the surface trade winds of the tropics. in the middle lat-tudes of the north and south temperate zones, the ant-trades merge with the prevailing westerly surface winds. compare trade winds.
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