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Mid-latitude cyclone and anticyclone are the
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major transient eddies that play an important
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role in meridional transports of heat,
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momentum, and moisture.
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These mid-latitude weather systems grow
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from the baroclinic instability associated
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with the strong north-south temperature
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gradients in mid-latitudes.
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Mid-latitude cyclones have typical spatial
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scales of wavenumbers 5-6 and have typical
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time scale of 7-10 days.
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Mid-latitude cyclones are marked by well-
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defined fronts separating the warm air mass
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from the south and the cold air mass from
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the north. (Very different from tropical
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hurricanes, which do not have frontal
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features).
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