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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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The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...