What is Barotropic?
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere do not intersect each other, that is, the contours and isotherms do not intersect each other.
Glossary
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
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