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Published: 14 March 2014
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- CBAC
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Air masses, depressions and fronts

Geography
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This unit describes and explains:

  • how the weather over the British Isles varies according to air masses and pressure systems
  • how a mid-latitude depression and weather fronts are formed
  • the characteristics of a depression
  • the contrasting weather associated with a depression and its associated fronts

 
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