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 very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.