What is Orographic Lift?

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

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

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

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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