Dark blue cloudy sky

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.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...