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What is Acid Rain?

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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Glossary

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...