What is Thermocline?

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

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

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