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What is Sublimation?

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water vapor.

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A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

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

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.