EC: AIR_MASS
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
31
Concept definition:
A widespread body of <
AIR
> that was established while situated over a <
REGION
> of the <
PLANETARY_SURFACE
> of the <
EARTH
> and that undergoes specific modifications while in transit away from that <
REGION
>; air mass. An air mass is often approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent (for example: <<
AIR_TEMPERATURE
>> and/or moisture distribution) and the vertical inhomogeneities are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
GMET
, "air mass", 1]
Supplemental references:
Group membership:
ATMOSPHERE
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