What is Climatology?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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