What is Air Mass?

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...