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What is Arctic Air?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...