What is Barotropic?
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere do not intersect each other, that is, the contours and isotherms do not intersect each other.
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A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...