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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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

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

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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 jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...