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How Wandering Albatrosses use weather systems to fly long distances. 3. The contributions of Antarctic LOWS to eastward, southward and northward flight

When flying directly southwards, Wandering Albatrosses, Diomedea exulans , used the N–NW winds ahead of cold fronts associated with lows, returning northwards in the S–SW winds behind the fronts. Birds flew eastwards in the SW winds between a low and a following high, and in NW winds. In westerlies,...

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Published in:Emu 2003-01, Vol.103 (2), p.111-120
Main Authors: Murray, M. D., Nicholls, D. G., Butcher, E., Moors, P. J., Walker, K., Elliott, G.
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