postfrontal

post·fron·tal

(pōst-frŭn′tl)

adj.

1. At the back of the frontal bone; behind the forehead.

2. Toward the rear of the frontal lobe.

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Fog may also develop in postfrontal cold air in winter, during dawn and early morning, due to noticeable nocturnal cooling, especially after large frontal precipitation and under light winds due to weakening of pressure gradient.

Numerical Simulations of Fog Events in Southern Portugal

An adult male banded on 9 June 2012 was noted as having extensively yellow underparts and had a yellowish tinge in his postfrontal bar, both suggestive of G.

Subspecific and breeding status of the common yellowthroat (geothlypis trichas) at Santa Ana national wildlife refuge, hidalgo county, Texas

The notable exception to this pattern was the increase in growth rate that occurred during positive NWTs associated with flood tides, and this increase in growth rate may be a function of interim or prefrontal conditions associated with southerly winds and higher coastal sea level in relation to the reestablishment of the tidal prism after flushing from northerly winds of the postfrontal phase.

Age, growth, and recruitment of larval and early juvenile Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), determined from analysis of otolith microstructure

Distinguishing features: Carapace strongly granulated, forming sharp angle between postfrontal crest and epibranchial region.

Temporal variations in the diversity of true crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

The height of the postfrontal inversion is important, with a height right at the mountaintop level having the most potential to enhance the high winds.

Autumn transitions: just as you've gotten accustomed to dodging summer's thunderstorms, nature changes the game to get you ready for the coming weather in winter

a, angular; art, articular; bo, basioccipital; d, dentary; ect, ectopterygoid; f, frontal; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; mcg, meckelian groove; mx, maxilla; n, nasal; op, opisthotic; p, parietal; pal, palatine; pf, postfrontal; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pp, postparietal; pro, prootic; prf, prefrontal; pbs, parabasisphenoid; pt, pterygoid; q, quadrate, qj, quadratojugal; so, supraoccipital; sp, splenial; sq, squamosal; st, supratemporal; sa, surangular; ta, tabular; v, vomer

The phylogenetic position of Nyctiphruretus acudens, a parareptile from the Permian of Russia/Posicion filogenetica de Nyctiphruretus acudens, un parareptil del Permico de Rusia

Gaffney and Meylan (1988) elaborated upon Gray's (1831a) definition of Testudinata to include that the post parietals are absent, lacrimal bone small or absent, teeth replaced by horny triturating surfaces, parietal (pineal) opening usually absent, stapes solid and rod-like, and postfrontal absent.

A Taxonomic Reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys

Thus, [[theta].sub.e] increases behind the cold front (340 K in the prefrontal air versus 350 K in the postfrontal air; Fig.

WHAT ARE THE BEST THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITY AND FUNCTION TO DEFINE A FRONT IN GRIDDED MODEL OUTPUT?

In lateral view, frons projecting beyond anterior edge of eye (postfrontal projection).

A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae)