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What are the characteristics of air masses that form over polar area?
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∙ 8y ago
they are vey cold and dry.
Geoffrey Huels
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How do scientists classify air masses?
Scientists classify air masses according to their general characteristics and latitude. Artic air masses form at around 60 degrees latitude, Polar masses are at around 40 degrees latitude, warm tropical air masses are at 15 degrees latitude and very hot air masses form near the equator.
Do air masses form over an area and take on the characteristics?
No the mass of air is a function of the thickness of the atmosphere.
What type of air masses would form over the northern Atlantic?
Maritime polar air masses.
Continental polar air masses form over?
they form over cold dry areas
What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
Where continental polar air masses form?
over northern Canada and Alaska
Where do continental polar air masses come from?
They form near central and northern canada
What Cold moist air masses that form over the northern oceans are called .?
Maritime polar
What type of air mass would form over the Atlantic ocean?
Maritime polar air masses.
A list of polar and tropical air masses?
an air mass is a small volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. Air masses cover many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and adopt the characteristics of the surface below them. They are classified according to latitude and their continental or maritime source regions. Colder air masses are termed polar or arctic, while warmer air masses are deemed tropical. Continental and superior air masses are dry while maritime and monsoon air masses are moist. Weather fronts separate air masses with different density (temperature and/or moisture) characteristics. Once an air mass moves away from its source region, underlying vegetation and water bodies can quickly modify its character. Classification schemes tackle an air mass' characteristics, and well as modification...
What type of air mass would form over the northern alantic ocean?
Maritime polar air masses
What type of air mass would form over northern Atlantic ocean?
Maritime polar air masses.
