What is Sublimation?

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...