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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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

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 cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...