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What is Atmosphere?

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

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Glossary

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

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

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...