Mid-latitude Cyclones - Introduction
"The
Perfect Storm"
Important for
global heat transport
They also
redistribute/reduce energy in the atmosphere
Often are
significant weather producers
First studied
extensively by a group of scientists from Bergen,
Norway (Vilhelm and Jakob Bjerknes, Halvor
Solberg, and Tor Bergeron)
They developed the
Polar Front
Theory for the formation
and evolution of mid-latitude cyclones shortly
after WWI.
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