What is Cirriform?

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....