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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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.