Weather and Climate: Air Masses and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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Air Masses and Fronts
Institution
Air Masses And Fronts
Air Mass
Large volumes of air having relatively uniform characteristics of temperature and humidity
Air masses are classified by temperature:
Really Cold: ______
Cold: _______
Warm: ______
Really Warm: ______
Arctic, Polar, Tropical, Equatorial
Air masses are classified by humid...
Weather and Climate: Air Masses and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
Air Mass - answer Large volumes of air having relatively uniform characteristics of temperature and humidity
Air masses are classified by temperature:
Really Cold: ______
Cold: _______
Warm: ______
Really Warm: ______ - answer Arctic, Polar, Tropical, Equatorial
Air masses are classified by humidity:
Dry: ________
Moist: _________ - answer Continental
Maritime
Commonly used air mass designations:
Maritime Tropical (mT): ______
Continental Polar (cP): _______
Maritime Polar (mP): _______
Continental Tropical (cT): ______
Rarely used air mass designations:
Maritime Arctic (mA): _____
Continental Arctic (cA): ______ - answer Warm/Moist, Cold/Dry, Cold/Moist, Warm/Dry Really Cold/Moist, Really Cold/Dry
True or false: Equatorial air masses rarely affect Ohio - answer True
Air masses form in source regions which are generally areas of ___________ ____________ ___________ and _____________ ___________ ____________ - answer Uniform Surface Characteristics
Outside Westerly Wind Belt: high and sub-tropical latitudes
Which land masses are good candidates for air mass source regions? - answer High Latitude Land Masses
Air masses can be dislodged from their source regions by __________ which continually travel around the globe - answer Circulations (mid-latitude cyclones, anti-cyclones)
True or False: Air masses that leave their source regions are modified by the underlying surface of the regions they travel over - answer True
Example: Dry continental air mass will become more moist if forced out to the ocean
Fronts - answer Transition zones between air masses
Stationary Front
Symbol - answer Occur when there is no pronounced movement in front over time; boundary that doesn't move between warm and cold air masses
Semi-circle and Triangles alternating from one side to another
Cold Front
Symbol - answer Occur when cold air mass is displacing warm air mass at surface
Triangles on one side
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