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chapter 17 voc

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a huge body of air that has similar tempurature, pressure and humidity throughout air mass
a humid air mass that forms over oceans maritime
a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure tropical
a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees northlatitude or 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure polar
the area where air masses meet and do not mix front
a dry air mass that forms over land continental
cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it occluded
a swirling center of low pressure air cyclones
a high air pressure center of dry air anticyclones
scientist who study the causes of weather and try to predict it meterologist
abnormal climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the Pacific ocean, causing changes in the winds,currents,and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes el nino
lines ona isobar
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