Climatology
Local winds, air masses and fronts
Concepts to cover
- Land and sea breezes
- Mountain (katabatic) and valley (anabatic) winds
- Named local winds: Loo, Chinook, Fohn, Mistral, Sirocco, Harmattan, Bora, Norwester
- Air masses: source regions and classification (maritime, continental, tropical, polar)
- Fronts: warm, cold, stationary, occluded