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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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Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...