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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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