FRONT

in meteorology, zone of transition between adjacent air masses. If a cold air mass is advancing to replace a warmer one, their mutual boundary is termed a cold front; if the reverse, then the boundary is termed a warm front, whereas a stationary front indicates that no relative advance of either air mass is occurring. An occluded front is one in which a warm front has been completely undermined by cold air and is therefore positioned aloft. Since warmer air always overrides colder, denser air, the frontal boundary is sloped closer to the horizontal than the vertical. A mature cyclone usually involves all of the frontal types. The recognition of atmospheric fronts and their relative importance to weather forecasting came about only at the beginning of the 20th cent. as a result of publications by the meteorologists Vilhelm and Jakob Bjerknes.

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-18035-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Front
We found: 653192 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

66667  

 

Journal articles:

 

46428  

 

Magazine articles:

 

68410  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

471246  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

441  

Research Topics on: Front

 List All Topics    
1940's America Russian Front World War II Eastern Front World War II European Theater
World War II Home Front
 

books on: Front  - 66667 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The French National Front: The Extremist Challenge to Democracy
Book by Harvey G. Simmons; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Fascism--France--History--20th Century, France--Politics And Government--1981-1995, Front National (France : 1945- ), Le Pen, Jean-Marie--1928---Influence, Racism--France--History--20th Century
Front candidates had won more than the 10 percent...that a top priority should be to defeat the Front on the second ballot. Led by the newly elected...kind of election alliance with the National Front. The Socialists stated that in those cities...
2.
War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity and German Occupation in World War I
Book by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius; Cambridge University Press, 2004
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Relations--Germany, Germany--History--1918-1933, Germany--History--1933-1945, Germany--Relations--Europe, Eastern, World War, 1914-1918--Eastern Front, World War, 1914-1918--Germany, World War, 1914-1918--Influence
...the most remarkable was Fronttheater , theatre on the front. In trenches on Ober Osts section of the Eastern Front, Fronttheater represented German culture pushing up to the very front lines. One could not get any closer to the outer borders...
3.
Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I
Book by Stephen O'Shea; Walker Publishing, 1997
Subjects: Battlefields--Europe--History, O'shea, Stephen--Journeys--Europe, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
...absence. I closed the books. The Western Front was out there, ready for my pilgrimage...journey, or rather those journeys, along the Front. In concrete, historical terms, the Western Front stretched from the North Sea on the Belgian...
4.
The Unquiet Western Front: Britain's Role in Literature and History
Book by Brian Bond; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Great Britain--Army--History--World War, 1914-1918, Great Britain--Social Conditions--20th Century, Military Discipline--Great Britain, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front, World War, 1914-1918--Casualties, World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain, World War, 1914-1918--Historiography
...myths about the British role on the Western Front. Thus, as Badsey concludes, Blackadder...point for the debate regarding the Western Front of literature and popular culture against the Western Front of history. Ian Beckett and Gary Sheffield...
5.
On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Information Economy
Book by Stephen J. Frenkel, Marek Korczynski, Karen A. Shire, May Tam; Cornell University Press, 1999
Subjects: Industrial Sociology, Production Management, Service Industries, Work
? Front-line work is people-oriented. Employees...emotional labor (Hochschild 1983). ). ? Front-line work is rarely completely routinized...their behavior to customer requirements. ? Front-line work is especially sensitive to changes...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Front  - 46428 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Women Writers, the "Southern Front," and the Dialectical Imagination
Journal article by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003
Subjects: Feminism and literature--Political aspects, Feminist literature, Feminist literature--Political aspects, Lumpkin, Grace--Criticism and interpretation, Lumpkin, Grace--Political activity, Popular Front--History, Southern renaissance, Women authors--History, Women authors--Political aspects, Women writers--History, Women writers--Political aspects
Women Writers, the "Southern Front," and the Dialectical Imagination. by...she had sent home dispatches from the front. Now, like so many southerners before...is what might be called "the Southern Front," a radical coming together of art and...
2.
A Case Study: How to Get on (or Stay off) the Front Page
Journal article by Randall S. Sumpter; Newspaper Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2000
Subjects: Front pages (Newspapers), Journalism--Methods, Journalists--Methods, Newspaper publishing--Management, Newspapers--Front pages
...Study: How to Get on (or Stay off) the Front Page. by Randall S. Sumpter Both academics...meetings used by daily newspapers to select front page stories. Critics claim these daily...predictable or boring newspapers(1) with front pages that typically showcase six or fewer...
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front: A Phenomenological Investigation of War
Journal article by Joseph A. Tighe; Critical Survey, Vol. 16, 2004
Subjects: All Quiet on the Western Front (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Merleau-Ponty, Maurice--Analysis, Merleau-Ponty, Maurice--Works, Remarque, Erich Maria--Criticism and interpretation, Remarque, Erich Maria--Works
All Quiet on the Western Front: A Phenomenological Investigation of...Joseph A. Tighe All Quiet on the Western Front, the famed war novel by German author...definition of War. All Quiet on the Western Front has been somewhat of a critical anomaly...
4.
"Communists Love Canada!": the Communist Party of Canada, the "people" and the Popular Front, 1933-1939
Journal article by John Manley; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: 1930-1939, Canada, Canadian history, Communism, Communist Party-Canada, History, Political parties, Politics & government, Popular Front Against Fascism
...nouvelle orientation politique - le Front populaire contre le fascisme...reinvention du P.C.C. en Front populaire repondait davantage...the construction of "Popular Fronts" against Fascism. Where the...endorsed the "Canadian Peoples Front" in November 1935, "many...
5.
Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Women's Great War Fiction
Journal article by Zofia Lesinska; CLIO, Vol. 33, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Women's Great War Fiction. (Book)--Book reviews
Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Womens...by Zofia Lesinska Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Womens...Debra Rae Cohens Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Womens...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Front  - 68410 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Front End Software for Chemical Structure Searching: a State-of-the-art Review
Magazine article by Wendy A. Warr, Martyn P. Wilkins; Online, Vol. 16, January 1992
Subjects: Characteristics, Chemistry, Criteria, Data bases, Front end processors, Online, Searches
Front End Software for Chemical Structure Searching: a...requirements for a "user-friendly search aid" as a front end to online bibliographic databases. It was agreed that the ideal front end should offer the following features: * Access...
2.
Out Front
Magazine article by Mark Lisheron; American Journalism Review, Vol. 21, July 1999
Subjects: Newspaper advertising--Management, Newspaper publishing--Management, Newspapers--Front pages, USA Today--Management
...when it began running ads on its front page more than a year ago. The...Post, which also runs ads out front. Press Executive Editor Garry...on the ears of USA Today section fronts to show how front-page ads could work. "There...
3.
What Is behind Your Front-end?
Magazine article by Daniel P. Collins; Futures, Vol. 30, 2001
Subjects: Customer services, Electronic trading systems, Forecasts, Front end processors, Futures market, United States
What Is behind Your Front-end? by Daniel P. Collins A COUPLE...slashing staff. Beyond that, several of the front-end trading systems who were banking...it is ironic that the competition among front-end trading systems, spurred on by...
4.
The Long March to Bruno Megret: The Husband of the Mayor of Vitrolles May Be the Next Leader of the French National Front. and He Has Big Ambitions
Magazine article by Jonathan Marcus; New Statesman, Vol. 126, February 14, 1997
Subjects: France--Politics and government, Megret, Bruno--Political activity, National Front (France)--Officials and employees
...form a "Republican Front" to block its advance...to cauterise the Fronts populist appeal at...several of the Fronts leading thinkers...role in giving the Front both the organisational...believes that the Front must be ready. Thats...Megrets role as the Fronts chief ideologue has...
5.
An Officer on the Western Front: Anthony Fletcher Reads His Grandfather's Correspondence from the Western Front to See How He Maintained Morale and Developed His Leadership
Magazine article by Anthony Fletcher; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004
Subjects: Soldiers--1917 AD, Soldiers--1918 AD, Soldiers--Records and correspondence, Trench, Reggie Chevenix--Records and correspondence, Western front (World War I)--1917 AD, Western front (World War I)--1918 AD, Western front (World War I)--Records and correspondence
An Officer on the Western Front: Anthony Fletcher Reads His Grandfathers Correspondence from the Western Front to See How He Maintained Morale and Developed...soldiers who fell in that area of the Western Front and whose graves are not known. Seven...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Front  - 471246 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
INVESTIGATE: COVER-UP ON WARM FRONT; Complaints Hidden in Pounds 800m Scheme for Elderly
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 6, 2008
Subjects: Aged--Investigations, Elderly--Investigations, Fronts (Meteorology)--Investigations
INVESTIGATE: COVER-UP ON WARM FRONT; Complaints Hidden in Pounds 800m Scheme...of complaints about the Governments Warm Front scheme are being hushed-up. This should...complaints against Iguana, the largest Warm Front installer. Ten came straight from customers...
2.
It's Cold on Warm Front; LETTERS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 1, 2009
Subjects: Fronts (Meteorology)
Its Cold on Warm Front; LETTERS. THERES a Government initiative called Warm Front, the aim of which is to provide elderly and venerable...gave up the ghost last April. I contacted Warm Front and they said: Yes, we will send a representative...
3.
INVESTIGATE: A WIN ON THE WARM FRONT; Overhaul on Heating Thanks to Our Story
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 29, 2009
Subjects: Fronts (Meteorology)--Investigations
INVESTIGATE: A WIN ON THE WARM FRONT; Overhaul on Heating Thanks to Our Story...of the pounds 350million-a-year Warm Front scheme that puts new central heating into...allow people to defraud the system." Warm Front, run by Newcastle-based Eaga, is getting...
4.
Fuel Poor Increasing despite the Efforts of Warm Front
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 3, 2008
Subjects: Energy conservation, Fronts (Meteorology)
...Increasing despite the Efforts of Warm Front. THE number of households spending more...pledged an extra pounds 74m for the Warm Front programme. The scheme provides grants...Secretary Hilary Benn said yesterday the Warm Front scheme had provided cavity wall insulation...
5.
Jobs Boost as Warm Front Gets Extra Pounds 74m
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 12, 2008
Subjects: Fronts (Meteorology)
Jobs Boost as Warm Front Gets Extra Pounds 74m. NEW jobs could be created in the North East...region is home to the company that manages the Whitehall-funded Warm Front scheme, which provides grants to low income households and pensioners...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Front  - 441 results

       More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Front
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...front, whereas a stationary front indicates that no relative advance...illustration). An occluded front is one in which a warm front has been completely undermined...The recognition of atmospheric fronts and their relative importance...
2.
Polar Front
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLAR FRONT zone of transition between polar and tropical...Atlantic Ocean, for example, the polar front can often be traced as a continuous line...outside the tropics develop along the polar front from waves caused by the juxtaposition of...
3.
Front Royal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRONT ROYAL city (1990 pop. 11,880), seat...in the area. Tourism is also important; Front Royal is at the north end of Skyline Drive...Conservation and Research Center are also nearby. Front Royal was the site of a Confederate victory...
4.
Front Range
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRONT RANGE an eastern range of the U.S. Rocky...along the ranges eastern foothills. The Front Range was scouted by U.S. explorers Zebulon...Colo., and goldseekers rushed into the S Front Range. Most of the range is in national...
5.
Front De LibÉration Du QuÉbec
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC (FLQ)froN d leberasyoN du kabek , Canadian separatist group formed in the 1960s to bring about the independence...
More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact