What is Air Mass?

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...