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13 Cards in this Set
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Air Masses |
1 Kilometer or more Few Miles Thick Similar Temperature Affect large portion of the Continent |
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Classification of Air Masses |
Latitude of the Source Region (P or T) Nature of the surface in the Source Region (c or m) |
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cP |
Cont. Polar |
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cT |
Cont. Tropical |
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mp |
Maritime Polar |
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mT |
Maritime Tropical |
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Convergence |
Similar Air Masses converge, Forced Air to Rise, Forming Clouds |
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Convection |
Surface Heating causes warm air to rise and form clouds |
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Orographic |
Mountains and large obsactles force air to rise, forming clouds |
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Frontal |
Warm and Cold Air Masses meet, cold air lifts warmer air, forming clouds |
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How are Thunderstorms created? |
Convection |
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Rain-Shadow Desert |
Moisture in the Atmosphere does not make it over the mountains |
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Tornadoes |
Violent Windstorms with rotating column that extends down from a Cumulonimbus Cloud |
