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The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
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Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.