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.
Glossary
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
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