What is Continental Air Mass?

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture from oceans or large water bodies.

Glossary

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

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

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