What is Climatology?

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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