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Term | Definition |
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Air Mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout. |
Tropical (Air Mass) | A warm air that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure. |
Polar (Air Mass) | A cold air mass that forms north 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure. |
Maritime (Air Mass) | A humid air mass that forms over oceans. |
Continental (Air Mass) | A dry air mass that forms over land. |
Front | The boundary where unlike air mass meet but to not mix, |
Occluded (Front) | Cut off, as in a front where warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses. |
Stationary Front | A front where a cold and warm air mass meets, but neither can move the other. |
Cold Front | A front where a fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass. |
Warm Front | A front where a warm air mass overtakes a slow moving cold air mass. |