List and describe the four mechanisms that cause air to rise

What will be an ideal response?


Essay response should include convective lifting (warm air rising), orographic lifting (air rising over topography such as mountains), frontal lifting (warm air rising over cold), and convergence (air rising when air is entering a region from multiple directions).

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