What is Convection?
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It is a key process in cloud formation and weather dynamics.
Glossary
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
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