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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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Glossary

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.