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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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Glossary

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.