Chapter 11 - Air masses and fronts

Index of Lecture Notes

• Air Masses defined:
• Air Mass source regions
• Air Mass Classification
• North America Air Masses
  • cP air masses - lake effect snows
  • mP air mass - west coast
  • mP air mass - east coast
  • mT and cT air masses
• Fronts - boundaries between air masses
• Stationary Fronts
• Cold fronts
• Cold front cross section
• Warm Fronts
• Warm front cross section
• Warm front weather
• Occluded front
• Cold occlusion
• Warm occlusion

• Review Questions

• Homework