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.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.