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What is Baroclinicity?

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.

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A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.