0
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...
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThere are Continental Polar (cP) air masses which are dry and cold and usually from land masses in the colder areas, such as Canada or the Northern United States. There are also Maritime Polar (mP) air masses which are wet and cold and form over cold oceans, like the Northern Atlantic or the Northern Pacific. There are also Continental Arctic (cA) air masses which are dry and very cold. These usually come from lands in the far north. Then there are Maritime Tropical (mT) air masses which are wet and warm. They form over warm ocean water, like the Gulf of Mexico and the Southern Pacific. There are also Continental Tropical (cT) air masses which are dry and warm. These air masses form over more tropical, or warmer areas of land, for example Mexico and the Southern United States.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoCold, wet air.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
Continental polar maritime polar continental tropical and maritime tropical are types of?
Those are types of air masses.
Polar air masses are cooler than tropical air masses because the place where they start I what?
Polar air masses are cooler than tropical air masses because they originate from high-latitude regions closer to the poles, where temperatures are generally colder. Conversely, tropical air masses originate from low-latitude regions near the equator, where temperatures are generally warmer. This temperature difference between the two regions accounts for the inherent temperature contrast between polar and tropical air masses.
What are the 4 main types of air masses that affect weather?
maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental tropical, and continental polar
Describe the four main types of air masses affect the weather of North America?
The four are Maritime tropical, Continental tropical, maritime polar, and Continental polar
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
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 is the four different 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.
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.
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
What is five types of air masses?
the four different types of air masses are continental polar,and tropical. maritime tropical, and polar. the 5 kinds ofair masses are: Cp: continental polar Ct: continental tropical Ca: continental artic Mp: maritime polar Mt: maritime tropical (Ma:maritime artic) maritime artic is much less common than the other air masses, because very cold air is less likely to be moist.
What are the main types of air masses?
Maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental polar, & continental tropical
What are the 5 types of air masses?
The five types of air masses are continental arctic, continental polar, maritime polar, maritime tropical, and continental tropical. These five air masses determine weather in a given region.
Which type of air mass brings cool humid weather to the West Coast of the United states?
Maritime tropical air masses, Maritime polar air masses, Continental polar air masses, or Continental tropical air masses.
What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
What are natural massess?
continetal polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical are the 4 air masses.
Continental polar maritime polar continental tropical and maritime tropical are types of?
Those are types of air masses.
