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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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The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.