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Weather Systems

Looking Back: Wave Cyclones and Weather

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1. What causes the spinning associated with a polar front cyclone?

2. How does a polar front cyclone occlude and dissolve?

3.Match the the upper troposphere circulation to the surface system development:

 

Upper troposphere    

convergence  

divergence 

Surface

cyclone development

anticyclone development

 

4. Describe the type of precipitation one might along a cold front; along a warm front.

5. How are cold, warm, and occluded fronts symbolized on a weather map?

 

 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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