Michael Branick at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developed this online weather dictionary for local severe storm spotters and groups. "Its purposes are 1) to achieve some level of...

Due to the presence of dissolved gases such as carbon dioxide, rainfall is naturally acidic. The release of other gases and chemicals such as sulfur dioxide during the combustion of coal and oil can cause rainfall to...

A large collection of solar images and information. Includes an illustration and explanation of the refraction of light to form rainbows and other atmospheric illusions.

This collection, created and maintained by Harald Edens, contains photographs of many different atmospheric optical phenomena. Those phenomena include ice crystal halos, light scattering, and atmospheric refraction,...

Here, HowStuffWorks explains cloud seeding and its environmental impacts within China. Author Jacob Silverman explains how the process occurs and the benefits and costs of this operation. The information is clearly...