What is Cirriform?

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...