What is Climatology?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...