Question
How are the air masses classified? State the source regions.
Solution
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.
