What is Acid Rain?

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

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

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

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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