The discontinuous, variable front which forms over the north - TopicsExpress



          

The discontinuous, variable front which forms over the north Atlantic and north Pacific, where polar maritime air meets tropical maritime air. The formation of mid-latitude depressions at the polar front is connected with the development of troughs in the polar front jet stream, a band of high-velocity winds in the wider Rossby waves. The polar front jet stream, and hence the polar front, moves southwards in winter and northwards in summer. Polar easterlies blow east-west, from polar highs to sub-polar lows. Read more: answers/topic/polar-front#ixzz2dWOLyP4G
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 05:25:07 +0000

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