What is Climatology?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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 of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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

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