What is Climatology?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Weather intelligence is technology that provides predictive and actionable insights, allowing businesses to adapt to weather-related...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...