What is Air Mass?

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

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