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What is Flux?

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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