What is La Niña?
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.
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The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
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A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
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A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
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A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...