Which one of the following pairs of properties of typical air masses is correct?
Maritime Equatorial: Warm oceans in the equatorial zone
Maritime Polar: Warm oceans in the tropical zone
Continental Tropical: Less warm oceans in the tropical zone
Continental Polar: Moist oceans in the polar zone
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC NDA-2 – 2015
B) Maritime Polar (mP): Forms over cold oceans in polar regions, typically cold and moist. The description “Warm oceans in the tropical zone” refers to mT (Maritime Tropical).
C) Continental Tropical (cT): Forms over warm land in the tropics, typically warm and dry. The description “Less warm oceans in the tropical zone” is incorrect.
D) Continental Polar (cP): Forms over cold land in polar regions, typically cold and dry. The description “Moist oceans in the polar zone” refers to mP (Maritime Polar).
Only option A accurately describes the characteristics and source region of a Maritime Equatorial air mass.