Types of Meteorology
Acid rain is a problem all over the world, when acid gases are released, they go up in the sky, and then they are carried by strong winds. Acid rain in Scandinavian countries is caused by air pollution in Britain and other countries of Europe.
Air mass, in meteorology, large body of air having nearly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity at any given level of altitude. Such a mass has distinct boundaries and may extend hundreds or thousands of kilometres horizontally and sometimes as high as the top of the troposphere (about 10–18 km [6–11 miles] above the Earth’s surface).
An anemometer is a weather monitor instrument used to measure wind speed. The first crude anemometers were used to roughly measure wind speed hundreds of years ago, but today anemometers are highly accurate wind speed monitors that can provide data in a variety of ways.
Anticyclone, any large wind system that rotates about a centre of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern. Its flow is the reverse of that of a cyclone (q.v.).
Cyclone, any large system of winds that circulates about a centre of low atmospheric pressure in a counterclockwise direction north of the Equator and in a clockwise direction to the south. Cyclonic winds move across nearly all regions of the Earth except the equatorial belt and are generally associated with rain or snow.
Avalanche An avalanche is a sudden heavy fall of rocks or snow down the side of a mountain. Avalanches are one the biggest dangers in the mountains to life and property.
Scientists in the Quinhai region of China were monitoring a thunderstorm in 2012 with video cameras and spectrometer, when they recorded the ball lightning. Ball lightning is a lightning phenomenon that happens during thunderstorms.
A barometer measures air pressure: A "rising" barometer indicates increasing air pressure; a "falling" barometer indicates decreasing air pressure. In space, there is a nearly complete vacuum so the air pressure is zero.
Blizzard conditions often develop on the northwest side of an intense storm system. The difference between the lower pressure in the storm and the higher pressure to the west creates a tight pressure gradient, or difference in pressure between two locations, which in turn results in very strong winds. These strong winds pick up available snow from the ground, or blow any snow which is falling, creating very low visibilities and the potential for significant drifting of snow.
Bow Echo A line of thunderstorms that resemble a bow-shaped line on radar imagery. Bow echoes are often associated with damaging straight-line winds, and can sometimes produce weak tornadoes.
A hygrometer is weather instrument used to measure the amount of humidity in the atmosphere. There are two main types of hygrometers -- a dry and wet bulb psychrometer and a mechanical hygrometer. What is Humidity? Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere caused by condensation and evaporation.
A pyranometer can be installed on its own or as a part of a meteorological station. “Often on a large solar plant you will find one or several meteorological stations that measure important weather parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction and solar radiation,” Podolskyy said.