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Chap.17 vocab words
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Air mass | a huge body of air that has a similair temperature pressure and humidity throughout |
tropical | A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure |
polar | a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude and has high air pressure |
maritime | A humid air mass that forms over oceans |
front | The area where air masses meet and do not mix. |
Continental | A dry air mass that forms over land. |
occluded | Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it |
cyclones | A swirling center of low air pressure. |
cyclones | A swirling center of low air pressure. |
Anticyclones | A high-pressure center of dry air. |
Meteorologist | Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it |
El Nino | An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes. |
Isobars | Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure. |
Isotherms | Lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature |
Climate | The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area |
Windward | The side of mountains that faces the oncoming wind |
Leeward | The downwind side of mountains |