occluded front

Noun
  1. (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft (synset 111481479)
    referred to in: meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
    is a type of: front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
    same as: occlusion

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