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Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems
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How are air masses classified? Explain. 

Answer

The air masses are classified according to the source regions. There are five major source regions.

These are:

(i) Warm tropical and subtropical oceans;

(ii) The subtropical hot deserts;

(iii) The relatively cold high latitude oceans;

(iv) The very cold snow covered continents in high latitudes;

(v) Permanently ice-covered continents in the Arctic and Antarctica.

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