What is Air Mass?

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...