What is Arctic High?

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...