What is Climatology?

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

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

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...