What are Perennial Winds? Explain citinig its types.
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Perennial winds are persistent and steady winds that blow on the Equatorial side of the sub-tropical high pressure systems in both hemispheres. The types of perennial winds are trade winds, the Westerlies and the Polar easterlies
EXPLANATION:
Perennial winds blow the same direction all the year round over the specified part of the Earth's surface. They are also known as prevailing, dominant, or permanent winds. Perennial winds are more consistent and stronger across the oceans than land and often generate partially cloudy sky settings, characterised by clear skies or shallow cumulus clouds. The trade winds are the dominant surface winds' pattern from east towards west located in the Earth's region surrounding the equator, that is, tropics, within the Earth's atmosphere's lower portion, in the troposphere' s lower part near the Earth's equator.
The Westerlies blow from the subtropical high pressure belts to the "sub-polar low pressure belts". The Polar Easterlies blow from "Polar high pressure belts" to the "sub-polar low pressure belts".