What is Air Mass?

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...