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What is Adiabat?

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, a distinction can be made between dry and moist adiabatic processes.

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The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...