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What is Baroclinicity?

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.

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A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

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

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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.