Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.5 Weather systems and world climates

3.5.3 Air masses and fronts: types and associated weather

An air mass is a huge body of air with nearly uniform temperature and moisture, taken from the surface over which it formed; where two unlike air masses meet, a front forms, and fronts bring the sudden weather changes of the middle latitudes.

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Key terms

  • air mass
  • source region
  • maritime tropical
  • continental tropical
  • maritime polar
  • continental polar
  • continental arctic
  • front
  • frontogenesis
  • frontolysis
  • cold front
  • warm front
  • stationary front
  • occluded front
  • polar front
  • Bergen school

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