The ultimate cause of jet streams is:
Answer: the energy imbalance between high and low latitudes.
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- The lake effect occurs when a ___ air mass moves over a ___ body of water.
- Lake-effect snows are best developed around the Great Lakes during:
- Cumuliform cloud development would be most likely in which of the following
- Clear sunny days with very cold nights would be associated with what type of air mass?
- Record breaking low temperatures are associated with which air mass?
- What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes after a long summer hot spell in the Central Plains?
- The coldest of all air masses is
- Which air mass would show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content as it moves over a large body of very warm water?
- When cP air moves into western Washington, western Oregon, and California from the east, the air mass is warmer at the surface than it was originally because:
- A Texas norther (or blue norther) is most often associated with which air mass?
- One would expect a cP air mass to be:
- An air mass is characterized by similar properties of ___ and ___ in any horizontal direction.
- The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating which air masses?
- A moist, tropical air mass that is warmer than the surface over which it is moving would be classified
- Compared to an mP air mass, mT air is
- In an exceptionally cold winter during which the Great Lakes were entirely covered by ice, lake effect snows would be expected in extremely high frequency and intensity.
- The temperature that unsaturated air would have if it moved from its original altitude to a pressure of 1,000 mb is the:
- Which of the following statements is most plausible?
- Continental polar (cP) and continental Arctic (cA) air masses
- The origin of cP and cA air masses that enter the United States is
- A good source region for an air mass would be:
- During the positive phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation,
- A jet stream transfers more heat across the globe when it is:
- Jet streams sometimes split into two branches.
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