What is Atmosphere?
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...
Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...