What is Cirriform?

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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