2007-03-17 11:39:13 · 9 answers · asked by Double O 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
You'd have to ask native Americans. And learn some different languages, like Inuit, etc.
2007-03-22 08:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by yoericd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meteorology is a fairly new science...most of the stuff about air masses had only been discovered in the past 100 years. Before that, people just thought it got cold, they didnt know where it came from.
2007-03-17 13:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by monarenee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our understanding of weather being related to air masses came out of observations during and after WWI.
Air masses as such were not recognized prior to that time. In my experience, your term, cold Canadian air masses, is more a "pop" TV weatherman term than a true meteorological one. Air masses are usually designated with a letter code to indicate the type of region that they formed in rather than a specific area. They are named after they move out of their area of origin to differentiate them from the typical conditions of the new area that they are effecting.
mTw (maritime,Tropical,warm), cPk (continental, Polar, cold) for example.
2007-03-17 16:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by sternsheets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Canada we call them Arctic air masses.
2007-03-17 15:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by mischavee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Cold British air masses"
2007-03-17 13:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by Bomba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artic air.
2007-03-24 04:11:29 · answer #6 · answered by B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-17 14:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wazzup, Xerox. You should know there has always been Canada. They invented time there.
2007-03-17 11:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They went by their given name......George
2007-03-17 11:44:06 · answer #9 · answered by geezerrex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋