What is Greenhouse Effect?
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows sunlight to enter but prevents heat from escaping.
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Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...