Meanings
nounshearline (plural shearlines)
plural shearlines · alternative shear line
- A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
Within the monsoon regions, three systems of convergence are identified, the northern monsoon shearline, the southern monsoon shearline and the maximum cloud zone associated with the monsoon westerlies in the vicinity of the equator.
2005, M. Bonell, L. A. Bruijnzeel, Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics
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