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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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.