All of the topics mentioned in these posts are in correlation and make up the subject of meteorology when put together. Air masses, fronts, jet streams, Coriolis Effect, and pressure systems all combine to create not only weather, but climate for a certain area. In certain states like those of the southwest, summer may mean monsoons and winter may be very dry - this is thanks to climate, which tells the region's inhabitants what to expect for their location. Meteorology is seen in different places, like text books, television broadcasts, and online.
Air masses, fronts, and pressure systems make up meteorology and weather; they are sometimes indigenous to a certain region, and define that area's climate (average weather compiled over a long period of time). Areas of high pressure release air into "low pressure areas", while two bodies of air, called air masses, meet and or collide to create a front. Fronts can be cold, warm, or stationary. Air masses themselves are classified as "large volume of air that has the same characteristics, such as humidity and temperature, as its source region - the area where the air mass forms." (Glencoe Publishing). The main types of air masses are tropical, continental, polar, and maritime. Weather systems contain all of these components and can flare up at times, depending on the location.
Heat transfers given off tend to warm the environment. Because carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere, heat given off in a form change (heat is given off when changes in energy type or physical form happen; an example is when a train burns coal for fuel. As the coal undergoes a physical, and not to mention energetic change, it gives off heat due to this change, and that is what fuels the train) remains in the atmosphere. Global warming, which is much gossiped about, could be a result of this, and is also a big reason for the Earth's climate warming up. Even the frozen tundra is beginning to slowly thaw due to this.
Coriolis Effect; it alters patterns of air and weather, causing them to move in a circular motion. Without this there wouldn't be hurricanes, tornadoes, or ocean currents/whirlpools. Air and water would go in a straight path without the Coriolis Effect; which is a result of the Earth's rotation. Earth and Physical Science, published by Glencoe, states that "the result is that air moving toward the poles appears to curve right, or east. The opposite is true for air moving from the poles to the equator because the eastward speed of polar air is slower than the eastward speed of the land over which it is moving." This statement about the Coriolis Effect is helpful in understanding how it works and how it looks.
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