Animation showing the monthly variation of sea ice extent in the Arctic from 2016 through 2018.
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The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged.
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A blizzard isn’t just any old snowstorm. It’s extreme winter weather. Watch and learn what makes these storms special.
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As part of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Web Seminar Series, we are featuring NCAR scientists through NSTA's Science Update webinars. Join us on February 19th as Amanda Siems-Anderson, scientist at NSF NCAR, shares the fascinating science related to road weather safety.
The amount of water vapor in the air is called humidity.
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Discover how a weather front can cause clouds and storms with rain or snow.
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With visualizations we can see the entire planet from all angles at once. We can see the invisible – such as water vapor in the atmosphere and the way air flows around the world.
NCAR scientist Falko Judt, talks about chaos theory, the butterfly effect, and why we will (likely) never be able to forecast the weather for more than 3 weeks into the future.