What is Kelvin Helmholtz?
Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble ocean waves rolling at equal intervals and are one of the rare types. It is believed that these clouds with their mesmerizing appearance inspired the swirls we see in Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night." So, how does this type of cloud form? They arise when two different layers of air in our atmosphere move at different speeds and occur when there is a strong vertical shear between the two air currents, causing the winds to blow faster at upper levels than at lower levels.
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Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
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