Polar front

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Term: Polar front
Definition: Weather front located typically in the mid-latitudes that separates arctic and polar air masses from tropical air masses. Along the polar front we get the development of the mid-latitude cyclone. Above the polar front exists the polar jet stream.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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