What is Air Mass?

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...