What is Clear Air Turbulance?
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed in jet-stream areas, particularly in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere. Open-air turbulence can also be seen near mountains and in closed low-pressure centers when there is wind shear.
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Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....