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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Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...