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   pmiranda2857 Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   The classification of air masses is done according to where they form.  For example, there are tropical air masses as well as Arctic air masses.  Whether they form over land or sea also gives them a designation. 

   Storms, collisions or unstable weather forms for a variety of reasons in all parts of the world. It depends on cold fronts, warm fronts and the temperatures in the atmosphere and on the surface area below.  

   The two links below give detailed explanations of air masses and their locations

   The second link is very graphic, it provides charts to understand how the fronts move around the world.

   Sources:

   http://www.enotes.com/earth-science/air-masses-fronts

   http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/airmass...

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