Air Masses
Chapter 8

• What is an Air Mass?
  • Canadian Air Mass
• Source Regions
• Classifying Air Masses
• Air-Mass Modification
• Properties of North American Air Masses
  • Continental Polar (cP)
    • Lake-Effect Snow
      • Snow Belts of the Great Lakes
      • Ohio Lake Effect Snow Example
    • Siberian Express High Pressure System
    • Florida Smoke Pots
  • Maritime Polar (mP)
    • Pacific mP Air Masses
    • mP Air from the North Atlantic
      • nor'easters
  • Maritime Tropical (mT) Air Masses
    • North Atlantic mT Air
    • North Pacific mT Air
    • Average Annual Precipitation, Eastern US
  • Continental Tropical (cT) Air Masses