Air Masses & Fronts
The amount of air masses on Earth
What is 4?
H represents what on a weather map
What is High pressure?
What causes deep currents
What 3 things affect surface currents
What are
1. global winds
2. Coriolis effect
3. continental deflections
This is formed when 2 air masses meet
What is a front?
L represents what on a weather map
What is low pressure
What effects deep currents
water density and salinity
What surface current flows northeast
What is the gulf stream
These are the 4 air masses that occur in the U.S.A.
What is
1. Maritime Tropic
2. Maritime Polar
3. Continental Tropic
4. Continental Polar
Spikes represent what on a weather map
What causes most deep currents occur near the poles
What is the temperature due to convection?
What is a surface current
What are a horizontal/ stream like currents found at? near the surface
When 2 air masses don't have enough energy to overpower each other so it lingers until something stronger comes through.
What is a Stationary Front?
What are warm fronts?
What deep current is depicted as semi accurate in the movie "Finding Nemo"
What is the East Australian Current (EAC)
What causes the Coriolis effect
Fronts move in what direction in the Southern hemisphere
Spikes and half circles represent what on a weather map
What is between deep and surface currents
What is convection?
What surface current carries warm water along the equator toward the west coast of South America
What is the south equatorial?