Air has volume and weight but can be compressed. Air expands when it is heated and it keeps on moving from place to place depending on pressure.
Air masses are described based on their temperature and humidity characteristics. These characteristics are categorized as maritime (moist) or continental (dry), and polar (cold) or tropical (warm). The combination of these factors gives rise to different types of air masses, such as maritime tropical or continental polar.
Air masses form when air remains stationary over a particular region for an extended period of time. This allows the air to acquire the temperature and moisture characteristics of that region, creating a distinct air mass with specific properties. Movement of the air mass can then transport these characteristics to other regions.
A large air mass will generally have uniform temperature and humidity characteristics due to its size and source region. These characteristics will influence weather patterns and conditions as the air mass moves across different regions.
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Two possible humidity characteristics of air masses are specific humidity, which is the mass of water vapor present in a unit mass of air, and relative humidity, which is the ratio of the actual amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
Air masses get their characteristics from where they are made
How do these characteristics change the movement of air?
temperature and humidity, enabling the air mass to maintain its characteristics as it moves across the Earth's surface. This uniformity in air properties allows meteorologists to classify air masses based on their temperature and humidity characteristics.
Air masses are described based on their temperature and humidity characteristics. These characteristics are categorized as maritime (moist) or continental (dry), and polar (cold) or tropical (warm). The combination of these factors gives rise to different types of air masses, such as maritime tropical or continental polar.
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They sink below the air.
source region actually the answer is air masses are classified by a combination of words the 1st word represents where the air mass forms(maritime or continital) the 2nd is the temperature(polar or tropical)
Air masses form when air remains stationary over a particular region for an extended period of time. This allows the air to acquire the temperature and moisture characteristics of that region, creating a distinct air mass with specific properties. Movement of the air mass can then transport these characteristics to other regions.
cold and dry :)
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How do these characteristics change the movement of air?