Assignment II

In

Meteorology

Name:
Course/Year and Section:

Jose Julius B. Paloma Jr.

BSMT II-B

Differentiate between intertropical convergence zone and

doldrums:
The doldrums is a colloquial expression derived from
historical maritime usage, in which it refers to those parts
of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by
the Intertropical Convergence Zone is a low-pressure
area around the equator where the prevailing winds are
calm while the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ, is
a belt of low pressure which circles the Earth generally
near the equator where the trade winds of the Northern
and Southern Hemispheres come together.
What is the difference between COLD FRONT and WARM FRONT?
And Which kind of FRONT moves faster?

Fronts are the boundaries between air masses of different

temperature. If warm air is moving toward cold air, it is a
warm front. These are shown on weather maps as a red
line with scallops on it.
If cold air is moving toward warm air, then it is a cold
front. Cold fronts are always shown as a blue line with
arrow points on it.
If neither air mass is moving very much, it is called a
stationary front, shown as an alternating red and blue
line.
Usually, a cold front will be associated with a warm front,

with a low
pressure center,
connecting them (see
above). This frontal
"system" can be
thought of as separating
a cold air mass from a
warm air mass, and the
two different types of
fronts simply indicate
which direction those portions of the different air masses
are moving.
Most of Earth's disturbed weather
(widespread cloud and precipitation systems) outside of
the deep tropics occurs along or near fronts as part
of extratropical cyclone systems.
The Earths rotation is very important to the formation of
fronts. The rotation of the Earth causes the wind that would
normally flow directly from one air mass to another to,
instead, flow around the air masses. This helps maintain
the air masses identity, as well as the front between the
airmasses.
What are Air Masses and Front?
In meteorology, an air mass is a volume of airdefined
by its temperature and water vapor content. Air
masses cover many hundreds or thousands of square

miles, and adopt the characteristics of the surface below

them. They are classified according to latitude and their
continental or maritime source regions.
A weather front is a boundary separating two masses
of air of different densities, and is the principal cause
of meteorological phenomena. In surface weather
analyses, fronts are depicted using various colored
triangles and half-circles, depending on the type of front.