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Meaning of "polar front" in the English dictionary

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polar front


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLAR FRONT

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WHAT DOES POLAR FRONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polar front

In meteorology, the polar front is the boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell in each hemisphere. At this boundary a sharp gradient in temperature occurs between these two air masses, each at very different temperatures. The polar front arises as a result of cold polar air meeting warm tropical air. It is a stationary front as the air masses are not moving against each other. Off the coast of eastern North America, especially in winter, there is a sharp temperature gradient between the snow-covered land and the warm offshore currents. The polar front theory says that mid-latitude cyclones form on boundaries between warm and cold air. In winter, the polar front shift towards the Equator, whereas high pressure systems can dominate more in the summer.

Definition of polar front in the English dictionary

The definition of polar front in the dictionary is a front dividing cold polar air from warmer temperate or tropical air.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLAR FRONT

polar · polar axis · polar bear · polar body · polar circle · polar coordinates · polar distance · polar equation · polar lights · polar orbit · polar sequence · polar vector · polar wander · polar zenithal · Polari · polarimeter · polarimetric · polarimetry · Polaris · polarisable

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLAR FRONT

affront · back to front · battlefront · beachfront · confront · eyes front · forefront · front · home front · lakefront · oceanfront · out-front · people´s front · riverfront · seafront · shirt front · storefront · up front · upfront · waterfront · wavefront

Synonyms and antonyms of polar front in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «polar front» into 25 languages

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zh

Translator English - Chinese

极锋
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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frente polar
570 millions of speakers
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English

polar front
510 millions of speakers
hi

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ध्रुवीय सामने
380 millions of speakers
ar

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الجبهة القطبية
280 millions of speakers
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полярный фронт
278 millions of speakers
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frente polar
270 millions of speakers
bn

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মেরু সমীকরণ
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fr

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front polaire
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ms

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Persamaan kutub
190 millions of speakers
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Polarfront
180 millions of speakers
ja

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寒帯前線
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ko

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극성 앞
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Translator English - Javanese

Persamaan polar
85 millions of speakers
vi

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cực trước
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துருவ சமன்பாடு
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ध्रुवीय समीकरण
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Kutupsal denklem
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fronte polare
65 millions of speakers
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polarnych przodu
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uk

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полярний фронт
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față polar
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el

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πολικό μέτωπο
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polêre front
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polär främre
10 millions of speakers
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Polarfronten
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLAR FRONT»

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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
THE FORMATION OF THE POLAR FRONT JET AND THE SUBTROPICAL JET Horizontal variations in t emperature and pressure offer clues to the existence of the polar jet stream. ○ Figure 10.12 is a three-dimensional model that shows a ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere
They published their Norwegian Cyclone Model shortly after World War I. It was widely acclaimed and became known as the “polar front theory of a developing wave cyclone” or, simply, the polar front theory. What these meteorologists gave to ...
C. Donald Ahrens, 2014
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The Encyclopedia of World Climatology
The second zone is along the Southwest Asian Polar Front that develops in winter over the Mediterranean Sea and extends to the Caspian Sea. The third zone is along the East Asian Polar Front that aligns itself in a northeasterly path from ...
John E. Oliver, 2005
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The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of ...
South of the present-day Polar Front, benthic and planktic 5'8O values are almost similar, because they both calcify in the CDW, which is upwelled south of the Polar Front. Hence the position of the Polar Front is marked by the region where ...
Gerold Wefer, Stefan Mulitza, Volker Ratmeyer, 2004
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Climate Process and Change
Tornadoes and strong westerlies can be generated near the polar front over land, while intense extratropical storms develop near the polar front especially over water bodies. A belt of strong wind and storms, dominated by westerlies poleward ...
Edward Bryant, 1997
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Fundamentals of Physical Geography
The best known jet stream is the polar front jet stream, which flows in the tropopause, above the polar front, the area of the subpolar low. Ranging from 40 –160 kilometers (25–100 mi) in width and up to 2 or 3 kilometers (1–2 mi) in depth, the ...
James Petersen, Dorothy Sack, Robert Gabler, 2010
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Principles of Meteorological Analysis
The polar-front zone. — In Figures 6.13<fe the shaded areas indicate stable layers (zones of transition). These were located and drawn from indications in the cross sections and from temperature patterns on isobaric charts. Some are virtually ...
Walter J. Saucier, 2003
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LIFE
polar-front. storm. pattern. Clouds are faint winds in the chill upper air, towering updrafts of air from the hot ground, gales crossing mountaintops, ragged remnants of winds that have died, layers of stagnant warm air overlying a stratum of cold ...
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The Climate of the Earth
Paul E. Lydolph. from some variant of mT air. This usually occurs when the polar front moves into lower latitudes, almost always during winter when, of course, the mT air is not very classical tropical air. The polar front is very discontinuous and ...
Paul E. Lydolph, 1985
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Appropriating the Weather: Vilhelm Bjerknes and the ...
The Bergen School's Pursuit of International Leadership: Constituting the Polar Front PASSIVITY was never part of Bjerknes's strategy for achieving professional success. After the war he gradually resumed his vigorous efforts to spread new ...
Robert Marc Friedman, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLAR FRONT»

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Mapping Storm Hotspots, Where the World's Tempests are Brewed
This phenomenon is born in the polar front, where cold air from the poles and warm air from the tropics meet. Waves along the polar front brew ... «Atlas Obscura, Jul 15»
2
Shifts in bacterial community composition associated with increased …
Stations F-L and E-4 W, located, respectively, north and south of the Polar Front were characterized by intermediate (E-4 W, 1.3 μg l−1) and ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Sounds Around Town with Dave Franklin
... (minus drummer Emily who is probably doing headstands on a mountain in Outer Mongolia,) young, groove driven Indie from Polar Front and ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Bright weekend ahead
In a good summer, the Polar Front Jet stream (PFJ) is blowing at altitude well to the north of our region, parallel to lines of latitude. As we head ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
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First whale sightings of season suggest late migration through …
... be the first of regular confirmed sightings between now and October before they return south to the polar front to feed over summer," he said. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
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Coventry and Warwickshire weather: From 33C a week ago to 18C …
... a maximum of 18C today in an Arctic maritime airmass, with the Polar Front Jet stream now well to the south of us over the English Channel. «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Region marks disaster's anniversary
A Department of the Interior report blamed the clashing of a cold polar front moving southward from Hudson Bay Canada and a system moving ... «Hornell Evening Tribune, Jul 15»
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Gorgeous weather, but unlikely to last
Asked why both the air and water temperatures were likely to be so cold, he cited the “polar front” that forms a divider between the warm air ... «Views and News from Norway, Jul 15»
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Bolaris: Possible frost by week's end
The return of the Big Chill. On Wednesday, a modified polar front will lead to afternoon showers and scattered storms. Temperatures will still be ... «Philly.com, Apr 15»
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Marine biogeochemistry Calcification changes
The Atlantic region, however, showed an increase in calcification (14%) because of a shift in the Polar Front location, which allowed the ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
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