What is Climatology?

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

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

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 scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...