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.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...