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Air Temperature

Looking Back at Air Temperature

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1. Define temperature.

 

2. Define average daily temperature and daily temperature range.


3. What is a temperature lag?


4. List the factors that keeps air temperature lower over water than nearby land.


5 What is an air mass? Provide a short description for the following air masses.

Maritime Polar

Continental Polar

Maritime Tropical

 

 



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