What is Aerodynamics?

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...