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A sea-breeze (or onshore breeze) is a cool breeze that develops over land near coasts. It is formed by increasing temperature differences between the land and water; these create a pressure minimum ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

In atmospheric sciences (meteorology, climatology and related fields), the pressure gradient (typically of air, more generally of any fluid) is a physical quantity that describes which direction and ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel and ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

Microscale meteorology is the study of short-lived atmospheric phenomena smaller than mesoscale, about 1 km or less. These two branches of meteorology are sometimes grouped together as ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are an everyday phenomena which, along with anticyclones, drive the weather over much of the Earth. They are capable ...

Domain: Weather; Category: General weather

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