High-pressure area are alternatively referred to as anticyclones. On English-language weather maps, high-pressure centers are identified by the letter H in English, within the isobar with the highest pressure value. On constant pressure upper level charts, it is located within the highest height line contour. Highs are frequently associated with light winds at the surface and subsidence through the lower portion of the troposphere. In general, subsidence will dry out an air mass by adiabatic, or compressional, heating. Thus, high pressure typically brings clear skies. During the day, since no clouds are present to reflect sunlight, there is more incoming shortwave solar
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection intersects the unit sphere in exactly two points, one of which is on the lower hemisphere "z" ≤ 0. (Horizontal lines intersect the equator "z" = 0 in two antipodal points. It is understood that antipodal points on the equator represent a single line. See quotient topology.) Hence the directions in three-dimensional space correspond (almost perfectly) to points on the lower hemisphere. The hemisphere can then be plotted as a disk of radius using the Lambert azimuthal projection. Thus the Lambert azimuthal projection lets us plot directions as points in a disk. Due to the equal-area property of the projection,