Question

What are periodic winds?

Answer 1

The winds which blow throughout the year from one latitude to the other in response to the latitudinal differences in air pressure are known as Permanent or Prevailing or Planetary Winds. Certain winds reverse their direction periodically with season and are called Periodic Winds. Periodic winds blow at regular intervals or in regular cycles. They are winds that result from localised differences in pressure and temperature. For example, land and sea breezes and the seasonal winds.