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Atmospheric Circulation And Weather Systems

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What are tertiary winds ?

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Tertiary winds are generated by immediate influence of the surrounding terrains. These winds include mountain and valley winds, land and sea breezes and other local winds such as loo, foehn, chinook, mistral etc. Some are hot and some are cold winds. These all are local winds.

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