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- Royal Meteorological Society: "A high pressure system, also known as an anticyclone occurs when the weather is dominated by stable conditions."
- MeteoSwiss: "When the weather conditions are characterised by relatively high air pressure, this is also known as an anticyclone."
- NOAA National Weather Service: "Anticyclones • High pressure systems"
- National Snow and Ice Data Center: "isobars show areas of high pressure (called anticyclones)"
- Environmental Change Network: "Areas of high pressure are called anticyclones, whilst low pressure areas are known as cyclones or depressions."
- Sciencing: "An anticyclone, commonly known as a high, is an area of high pressure where air moves apart and sinks."
- University of British Columbia Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences: "a high pressure system or an anticyclone, is a region where pressure is higher than in surrounding regions."
In case you were wondering if this is just an English-speaking thing:
- French: Météo France: "ANTICYCLONE (« high » ou high pressure area) : zone de hautes pressions atmosphériques (région où la pression atmosphérique est élevée par rapport à celle du voisinage au même niveau)"
["ANTICYCLONE [(« high » or high pressure area)] zone of high atmospheric pressures (region where the atmospheric pressure is raised with respect to that of neighbours at the same level"] - Swedish: Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut "I samband med anticykloner (dvs högtryck) och nedsjunkning (subsidens) återfinns torr och stabilt skiktad luft högt upp i troposfären."
["In connection with anticyclones (ie high pressure) and subsidence, dry and stably layered air is found high up in the troposphere."] - Italian: Meteo.it: "Anticiclone, Alta pressione: Si tratta di strutture bariche nelle quali le isobare o le isoipse, chiuse e di forma concentrica, hanno valori crescenti man a mano che si procede dalla periferia verso il centro, dove la pressione è più alta e per questo indicata con una A oppure H (high)."
[Anticyclone, High pressure: These are baric structures in which the isobars or isohypses, closed and concentric in shape, have increasing values as one proceeds from the periphery towards the centre, where the pressure is higher and for this reason indicated with an A or H (high).]