What is Aerodynamics?

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...