frontal zone

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frontal zone [′frənt·əl ‚zōn]

(meteorology)

The three-dimensional zone or layer of large horizontal density gradient, bounded by frontal surfaces and surface front.

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No references found			For later years, the operational charts with computer plotted synoptic data and manually added frontal zones were used. Synoptic weather types that have caused heavy precipitation in ... by Matlik, Olga; Post, Piia / Estonian Journal of Engineering This observing system will allow us to visualize and analyze the evolution of a complex frontal zone in a completely new way," said Al Plueddemann, a WHO1 physical oceanographer who will serve as project scientist for the Pioneer Array. WHOI to lead initiative to build networks of ocean observatories by Murphy, Stephanie / Oceanus The event did grow out of an old frontal zone as will also be demonstrated. The South Atlantic hurricane ("Catarina") of March 2004 by Singer, Marc / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science			Frontal Aviation frontal bone frontal contour frontal crest frontal cyclone frontal drive frontal eminence frontal fire frontal fog frontal index frontal inversion frontal lifting frontal lobe frontal nerve frontal occlusion frontal passage frontal plain Frontal Plane frontal precipitation frontal profile frontal sinus frontal strip frontal system frontal thunderstorm frontal wave frontal zone Frontal Zones frontal-advance performance frontalia Frontenac State Park Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et de Frontenac, Louis de Buade, count de Palluau and de frontier Frontier Battles of 1941 Frontier County frontier orbitals Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway Frontier Troops Frontinus Frontinus, Sextus Julius frontispiece frontispiece entrance Frontline Komsomol Youth Brigades Frontline Theaters Fronto Frontogenesis frontogenetic function Frontolysis fronton FrontPage frontware			frontal section frontal section frontal section frontal section frontal sinus frontal sinus frontal sinus Frontal sinuses Frontal sinuses Frontal sinuses frontal sinusitis frontal sinusitis frontal sinusitis frontal strip frontal sulcus Frontal Surface frontal suture frontal suture Frontal system frontal thunderstorm frontal triangle frontal triangle frontal triangle frontal triangle Frontal variant frontotemporal dementia Frontal vein frontal veins frontal veins frontal veins frontal wave frontal zone Frontal Zones frontal-advance performance Frontal-Occipital Circumference frontal-temporal dementia Frontales Frontales Frontales frontalia frontalis frontalis frontalis Frontalis muscle frontality frontally frontally frontally frontals frontals frontals Frontate Frontbench frontbencher frontbencher Frontbenchers Frontbenchers FrontCounter British Columbia frontcourt FrontDoor Log Analyzer Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica fronted

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