What is Climatology?

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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 storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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