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Arctic air A type of air whose characteristics are developed mostly in winter over arctic surfaces of ice and snow. Arctic air is cold aloft and it extends to great heights, but the surface temperatures are often higher than those of polar air. For a 2 or 3 months in summer arctic air masses are shallow and rapidly lose the characteristics as they move southward. See also antarctic air.

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