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.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...