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The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

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