THE crude idea that the trade-winds on either side of the equator met in the doldrums, and that then the air rising upwards flowed backwards as a return southwest current in the northern hemisphere, ...
During the Age of Sail, sailors riding the trade winds past the equator dreaded becoming stranded in the doldrums, a meteorologically distinct region in the deep tropics. For at least a century, ...
Note: the author is currently on a field campaign investigating the doldrums in the eastern Atlantic. Please email her directly for her availability. WASHINGTON — During the Age of Sail, sailors ...
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