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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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An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

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The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.