ARCTIC FRONT

John A. Matthews

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ARCTIC FRONT

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John A. Matthews
In:Encyclopedia of Environmental Change
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n260
Subject:Environmental Sciences (general), Environmental Technology, Policy & Management

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The semi-permanent but discontinuous boundary in the atmosphere between the very cold, dense air mass controlled by the cold Arctic anticyclone and the less cold polar air mass. It is a passive front, positional changes being the result of gravity and air mass weight. It is weaker and less dynamic than the more southerly polar front.

John A.MatthewsSwansea University

http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n260

10.4135/9781446247501.n260

BinkleyM (1987) Arctic Front. In OliverJE and FairbridgeRW (eds)The encyclopedia of climatology. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 91–92.

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