What is Aerodynamics?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...