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Q: What 2 properties are used to characterized air masses?
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What are two properties that characterize air masses?

Temperature and moisture


What is a immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude?

An air mass


An immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude is known as?

It is an air mass.


How do front form?

When one air mass bump into one another, the air masses usually doe not mix because the properties of the air masses are different. A front forms between the two air masses. Stormy weather often occurs along fronts.


Continental tropic air masses can be characterized by?

Continental Tropical air masses (cT) A continental tropical air mass forms in the interior of subtropical continents at about 15o to 35o north and south latitude. They are hot and dry air masses due to the temperature and moisture characteristics at their source region.


What are the boundaries of air mass called?

An air mass is a large body of air that has relatively uniform temperature and humidity characteristics. The regions where air masses form are referred to as air mass source regions. If air remains over a source region long enough, it will acquire the properties of the surface below. Ideal source regions are regions that are generally flat and of uniform composition. Examples include central Canada, Siberia, the northern and southern oceans and large deserts.


Scientists classify air masses according to?

In addition to their overall temperature air masses are classified according to the surface over which they form. continental air masses form over land, and are likely to be dry. Maritime air masses form over water and are humid. Polar air masses form at high altitudes and are cold. Tropical air masses form at low latitudes and are warm


An air gets its characteristic properties from an area known as the?

Air masses get properties of the surface beneath them from areas known as source regions. Individual regions span several million square miles in size.


What kind of weather occurs at the boundary of these air masses?

A front, or boundary between two air masses, is typically characterized by clouds and precipitation. The amount and type of precipitation typically depends on the temperature and moisture difference between the two air masses. Generally speaking, stronger temperature/moisture differences mean more clouds and precipitation.


What does Air masses?

There are two types of air masses: COLD AIR AND WARM AIR.Cold Air Masses-Cold air masses can cause thunderstorms and even tornadoes.Warm Air Masses-Warm air masses can bring many hours of steady rain and snow.


The movement of air masses can be used to predict weather?

true??


What are characteristics used to classify air masses?

maritime and continental.