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What is Flux?

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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Glossary

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...