What is Air Mass?

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

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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

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

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.