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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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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