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What is Air Mass?

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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Glossary

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...