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After reading Chapter 8, you should be able to: Describe air masses that affect North America and relate their qualities to source regions. Identify types of atmospheric lifting mechanisms
and describe four principle examples. Analyze the pattern of orographic precipitation and describe the link between this pattern and global topography. List the measurable elements that contribute to
weather and describe the life cycle of a midlatitiude cyclonic storm system. Analyze various forms of violent weather and the
characteristics of each.
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