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.

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Glossary

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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