Title: Describe the characteristics of air mass boundaries.
Course: Aerospace Technology I (21055-I) > Section: Exploring Flight Conditions

Description should include cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, occluded fronts, and

- identification of air masses, such as
  - maritime tropical
  - maritime polar
  - continental tropical
  - continental polar
- the differences among air masses
- the changes in wind direction, temperature, and pressure that take place when air masses come together.

Teacher Resource:

Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the results of a cold air mass colliding with a warm air mass?
- What are the effects of fronts on a flight?
- What are the differences between a stationary front and an occluded front?
- What are the origins of each type of air mass?
- How are these boundaries shown on a weather map?
- What change always occurs with the passage of a front?