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What is La Niña?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.

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Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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