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What is Atmosphere?

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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Glossary

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...