What is Climatology?

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

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

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

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

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

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