What is Climatology?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.