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What is Atmospheric River?

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

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Glossary

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.