CONTINENTAL AIR MASS: A dry air mass originating over a large land area.
Continental air mass An air mass that forms over land; it is normally relatively dry.
CONTINENTAL AIR MASS - A dry air mass originating over a large land area.
CONVECTION (CNVTN) - the transfer of heat within a gas or liquid by their movement.
Continental Air Mass
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CentralC AMSContinental Air MassCACloud-to-Air lightning.CAACold Air AdvectionCADCold Air Damming. The phenomenon in which a low-level cold air mass is trapped topographically.
The meiyu front forms when the moist air over the Pacific meets the cooler continental air mass. The front and the formation of frontal depressions along it bring rain to Japan, Korea, and eastern China.
In the Eastern Hemisphere, Tropical Continental air masses are prevalent and the source regions are in Northern Africa, and Southern Asia.
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