What is Circulation?

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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