What is Climatology?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...