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What is Orographic Lift?

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

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The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...