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Published on Nov 28, 2015
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air mass
Q: What is it? A: Air mass is a uniform of consitate mass of air (pocket)
Photo by davedehetre
there are differeNT TYPES OF AIR MASSES
- Continental Polar
- Continental Tropical
- Maritime Tropical
- Maritime Polar
- continental, tropical, & polar
Photo by ecstaticist
Continental Polar
- dry
- cold
- formed by Polar (over pole)
- and Continental (over land)
Photo by Kuyan Redman
Continental Tropical
- dry
- warm
- formed over continental ( land )
- and tropical ( over eqautor)
Photo by TheWanderingAmerican
Maritime Tropical
- wet
- warm
- formed over tropical ( over eqautor)
- and maritime ( over water)
Photo by angela7dreams
air masses must have 3 characteristics
Photo by ShutterRunner
characteristics
- large size (over a thousand miles)
- uniform and constate make-up ( same look all over)
- and must be bound together
Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography
fronts
bountry where two air masses meet named by whats trying to take control
Photo by antonychammond
cold front
moves faster than a warm front comes in and takes over
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
