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air mass
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
tropical
A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure.
polar
A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure.
continental
A dry air mass that forms over land.
front
The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.
occluded
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Cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
cyclone
A swirling center of low air pressure.
maritime
A humid air mass that forms over oceans.
anticyclone
A high-pressure center of dry air.
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Science ch3 sec 1
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Science ch3 sec 1
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5/22/2012, 5:31:43 PM
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