What is Climatology?

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

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 type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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