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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 towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...