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Discuss the impacts of ocean currents on air mass behaviour.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Oceanography

An air mass is a large body of air with broadly uniform temperature and humidity, acquiring these properties from prolonged contact with its source region — a classification system built on source-region character (continental/maritime, tropical/polar/arctic) generally credited to Tor Bergeron and the Norwegian/Bergen school of meteorology.

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  • Warm Currents and Maritime Air Mass Formation
  • Cold Currents, Atmospheric Stability, and Coastal Aridity
  • Ocean Currents and Storm / Frontal Behaviour
  • Basin-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling: The ENSO Case
  • Regional Illustration: The Indian Monsoon Linkage

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