What is Flux?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

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

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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