What is Climatology?

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.