What is Flux?
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
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A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...