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Chapter 8 Section 3
DEATH
Term | Definition |
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Air Mass | a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure. |
Tropical | n meteorology, an air mass is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. |
Polar | cover many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and adapt to the characteristics of the surface below them. |
Maritime | living or found in or near the sea. |
Continental | forming or belonging to a continent. |
Front | In meteorology, an air mass is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. |
Occluded | when a cold front overtakes a warm front. |
Stationary | A stationary front is a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other. |
Cold Front | A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. |
Warm Front | A warm weather front is defined as the changeover region where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass. |