What is Cirriform?

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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