A three‐front model for synoptic analyses

Abstract A model for synoptic frontal analyses derived from frontal‐contour‐chart studies is described. Three frontal systems named the polar front, the maritime arctic front and the continental arctic front are necessary to portray adequately the thermal‐frontal structure of the atmosphere. In‐phas...

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Published in:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Main Author: Penner, C. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1955
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49708134710
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Summary:Abstract A model for synoptic frontal analyses derived from frontal‐contour‐chart studies is described. Three frontal systems named the polar front, the maritime arctic front and the continental arctic front are necessary to portray adequately the thermal‐frontal structure of the atmosphere. In‐phase wave development on at least two of the frontal systems occurs during major cylogenesis. The three‐front (or four‐air‐mass) cyclone is verified by aerological analyses while the classical occlusion model is not usually observed.