Spatial Synoptic Classification system

Based upon the Bergeron air mass classification scheme is the Spatial Synoptic Classification system, or SSC. There are six categories within the SSC scheme: Dry Polar (similar to continental polar), Dry Moderate (similar to maritime superior), Dry Tropical (similar to continental tropical), Moist Polar (similar to maritime polar), Moist Moderate (a hybrid between maritime polar and maritime tropical), and Moist Tropical (similar to maritime tropical, maritime monsoon, or maritime equatorial).[1]

The SSC was originally created in the 1950s to improve weather forecasting, and by the 1970s was a widely accepted classification system for climatologists.[2] The initial iteration of the SSC had a major limitation: it could only classify weather types during summer and winter season.[3]

References

  1. ^ Robert E. Davis, L. Sitka, D. M. Hondula, S. Gawtry, D. Knight, T. Lee, and J. Stenger. J1.10 A preliminary back-trajectory and air mass climatology for the Shenandoah Valley (Formerly J3.16 for Applied Climatology). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  2. ^ Farmer, G. Thomas; Cook, John (2013), Farmer, G. Thomas; Cook, John (eds.), "Climate Classifications", Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis: Volume 1 - The Physical Climate, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 339–351, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5757-8_17, ISBN 978-94-007-5757-8, retrieved 2022-09-20{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  3. ^ Sheridan, Scott C. (2002). "The redevelopment of a weather-type classification scheme for North America". International Journal of Climatology. 22 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:2002IJCli..22...51S. doi:10.1002/joc.709. ISSN 0899-8418. S2CID 42623560.


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