What is Air Mass?

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Glossary

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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