| Term | Definition |
|---|
| air mass | a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height |
| tropical | a warm air mass that forms in tropics and has low pressure |
| polar | a cold air mass that forms by the poles and has high air pressure |
| maritime | a humid air mass that forms over oceans |
| continental | a dry air mass that forms over land |
| front | the boundary where two air masses meet |
| occluded | cut off, as in a front wherea warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses |
| cyclone | a swirling center of low air pressue |
| anticyclone | high pressure centers of dry air |
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