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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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...