What is Orographic Lift?
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
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A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...