What is Occluded Front?

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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