What is Climatology?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

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...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.