What is Katabatic Wind?
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...