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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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Glossary

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...