poleward en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English pole Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English poleward From pole + -ward.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Towards a (north or south) pole.
During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.
1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196: