What is Baroclinicity?
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.
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A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
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The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...
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The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.