What is Saturation?

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.