What is Climatology?

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.