What are the characteristics of cold air masses?

      

What are the characteristics of cold air masses?

  

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Francis
(a) Low temperature due to loss of heat by radiation.
(b) Low specific humidity due to the low moisture capacity of air at low temperature.
(c) Stable stratification due to intense cooling of lower layers and a consequent small lapse rate.
francis1897 answered the question on October 5, 2022 at 08:17


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