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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The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...