What are air masses and weather fronts?

by Martin, Bobi,

Format: Print Book 2015
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Northland Public Library Children's Nonfiction J 551.55 M36
Location  Northland Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Nonfiction
 
Call Number  J 551.55 M36
 
 
Summary
Even though we can't change the weather ourselves, we can understand the factors that account for changing conditions. Weather fronts are responsible for a host of meteorological phenomena, and learning how to interpret them can help us prepare for the worst of winter or celebrate the best of summer. This volume breaks down the differences between the various weather fronts and explains how they generate the weather we experience. It also examines the relationship between weather fronts, air masses, jet streams, and related events, such as El Niño.
Contents
Let's talk about the weather
What is weather?
Is it weather or climate?
Air masses on the move
Meet me at the front
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front
Jet streams
When El Niño and La Niña play
Predicting changes in the weather.

Additional Information
Series Let's find out! (Britannica Educational Publishing). Weather.
Subjects Air masses -- Juvenile literature.
Fronts (Meteorology) -- Juvenile literature.
Publisher New York, NY :Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services,2015
Edition First edition.
Audience 3-6.
Language English
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
ISBN 9781622757879
1622757874
9781622757886
1622757882
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