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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

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

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...