What is Circulation?

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...