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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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A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.