What is Arctic Air?

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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