What is Aerodynamics?

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...