What is Climatology?

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...