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 mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...