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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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Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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