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

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

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

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

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...