What is Air Mass?

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

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

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

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...