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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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

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

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.