Slide 1 Weather Air Masses and Fronts Slide 2 Air Masses Function of location (arctic – A, polar – P, tropical – T) and surface type (continental – c and maritime…

Chapter 6—Weather Systems General Introduction What is a weather system? An atmospheric circulation pattern and the weather associated with it Spatial scale: ~ 1km …

The Temperate Climate The Temperate Hadley Cell Westerly Prevailing Winds Warm inputs (often from the Tropical Hadley Cell) Cold inputs form the Polar Hadley Cell Weather…

The Temperate Climate The Temperate Hadley Cell Westerly Prevailing Winds Warm inputs (often from the Tropical Hadley Cell) Cold inputs form the Polar Hadley Cell Weather…

Ch 8 â Airmasses, Fronts & Cyclones Ch 8 â Airmasses, Fronts & Cyclones Introduction The general circulation and monsoon discussed in the previous chapter have…

Air Masses and Fronts Air Mass Large unit of air in which temperature and moisture conditions are uniform at a given altitude. Moves separately from surroundings temperature…

PowerPoint Presentation Evaluation of cirrus microphysics in CAM5 using aircraft data C. Bardeen, A. Gettelman, E. Jensen ATTREX Science Team Meeting October 24, 2013 Ice…