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Continental Polar cP air mass is an air mass formed over land in a cold region with cold dry air

Maritime tropical mT air mass is an air mass that forms over water in a warm region with warm wet air

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Where do continental air masses form?

Continental air masses form in the United States


What are the 5 types of air masses?

The five types of air masses are polar, tropical, maritime, continental, and arctic. Polar air masses are cold and dry, tropical air masses are warm and dry, maritime air masses are warm and moist, continental air masses are dry and cold, and arctic air masses are extremely cold and dry.


What are air masses forming over land called?

continental air masses


What are Air masses that form over land are called?

continental air masses


How are continental tropical and continental air masses alike and how are they different?

the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air


How are continental tropical and continental polar air masses and how are they different?

the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air


What are the types of air masses?

The 4 major air masses are continental polar (cP), continental tropical (cT), marine polar (mP) and marine tropical (mT). Generally, continental air masses are drier than marine air masses, and polar air masses are cooler than tropical air masses. cT air masses are relatively limited in distribution existing in the south west North America and North Africa.


Continental polar maritime polar continental tropical and maritime tropical are types of?

Types of air masses that are characterized by their temperature and humidity characteristics. Continental polar and maritime polar air masses are cold and moist, while continental tropical and maritime tropical air masses are warm and humid. These air masses determine the weather conditions when they interact with each other.


How are continental tropical and continental polar air masses alike?

because the air is moving


What is an air mass that forms over dry land?

Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.


How are continental tropical and continental polar masses alike and how are they different?

the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air


What are the characteristic of air masses?

maritime tropical