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What is Atmospheric River?

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

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Glossary

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...