What is Atmosphere?

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

Glossary

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

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

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

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