What is Acid Rain?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

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

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

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