Chapter 9 Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
What is an Airmass?
A
Large body of air with uniform thermal and moisture characteristics
2
Q
Arctic Air-masses
A
Air masses characterized by bitter cold temperatures
3
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Polar Air masses
A
Cold temperatures
4
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Tropical Air masses
A
Warm hot temperatures
5
Q
Bermuda High
A
High pressure center over the Atlantic, centered near Bermuda.
6
Q
Pacific High
A
High pressure center over the pacific
7
Q
Aleutian Low
A
The low pressure over the pacific ocean
8
Q
Icelandic low
A
The low pressure over the Atlantic ocean
9
Q
Fronts?
A
Are the boundaries between the Air-masses
10
Q
Cold Front
A
The boundary between the air-masses that has a cold temperature
11
Q
Arctic Fronts
A
mark the boundary layer of extremely cold fronts
12
Q
Dry line?
A
When a boundary layer has sharp moisture content difference, but little temperature change.
