What is Climatology?

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...