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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Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
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 condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...