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  2. Air mass - Wikipedia

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    Continental and superior air masses are dry, while maritime and monsoon air masses are moist. Weather fronts separate air masses with different density (temperature or moisture) characteristics. Once an air mass moves away from its source region, underlying vegetation and water bodies can quickly modify its character. Classification schemes ...

  3. Great Plains ecoregion - Wikipedia

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    The last air mass that affects this ecoregion is the maritime polar air mass. It comes in from the Pacific Ocean and moves east over the mountain regions. It brings in cool moist air that changes to warm dry air after moving over the mountains. These air masses cause the seasons to be very extreme and drastic. The winter time brings harsh and ...

  4. Molecular gastronomy - Wikipedia

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    How and why we evolved our particular taste and flavor sense organs and our general food likes and dislikes; How cooking methods affect the eventual flavor and texture of food ingredients; How new cooking methods might produce improved results of texture and flavor; How our brains interpret the signals from all our senses to tell us the "flavor ...

  5. Dry line - Wikipedia

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    A dry line (also called a dew point line, or Marfa front, after Marfa, Texas) [1] is a line across a continent that separates moist air and dry air. One of the most prominent examples of such a separation occurs in central North America , especially Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, where the moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets dry air from the ...

  6. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The average mass of the atmosphere is about 5 quadrillion (5 × 10 15) tonnes or 1/1,200,000 the mass of Earth. According to the American National Center for Atmospheric Research , "The total mean mass of the atmosphere is 5.1480 × 10 18 kg with an annual range due to water vapor of 1.2 or 1.5 × 10 15 kg, depending on whether surface pressure ...

  7. Density of air - Wikipedia

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    is the molar mass of dry air, approximately 0.028 9652 in kg⋅mol −1. [note 1] is the Boltzmann constant, 1.380 649 × 10 −23 in J⋅K −1 [note 1] is the molecular mass of dry air, approximately 4.81 × 10 −26 in kg. [note 1]

  8. Atmospheric chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Atmospheric chemistry is a branch of atmospheric science that studies the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets. This multidisciplinary approach of research draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling, oceanography, geology and volcanology, climatology and other disciplines to understand both natural and human-induced changes in atmospheric ...

  9. Weather front - Wikipedia

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    Air mass classifications are indicated by three letters: [3] [4] Fronts separate air masses of different types or origins, and are located along troughs of lower pressure. [5] The first letter describes its moisture properties, with c used for c ontinental air masses (dry) and; m used for m aritime air masses (moist).