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

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An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

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

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

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