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Of or pertaining to the state of the atmosphere and/or the science of monitoring, measuring and interpreting meteorological changes.

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konimeter

Weather; Meteorology

An instrument for determining the dust content of a sample of air. One form of the instrument consists of a tapered metal tube through which a sample of air is drawn and allowed ...

east kamchatka current

Weather; Meteorology

The western part of the subpolar gyre in the deep (western) part of the Bering Sea. It flows southward along the Kamchatka Peninsula with speeds of 0. 2–0. 3 m s−1. Most of its ...

khamsin

Weather; Meteorology

A dry, dusty, and generally hot desert wind in Egypt and over the Red Sea. It is generally southerly or southeasterly, occurring in front of depressions moving eastward across ...

Kamchatka Current

Weather; Meteorology

The western part of the subpolar gyre in the deep (western) part of the Bering Sea. It flows southward along the Kamchatka Peninsula with speeds of 0. 2–0. 3 m s−1. Most of its ...

photolysis rate

Weather; Meteorology

A first-order rate coefficient (in units of inverse time) for the occurrence of a photochemical reaction. The j-value is calculated from the product of the absorption cross ...

j-value

Weather; Meteorology

A first-order rate coefficient (in units of inverse time) for the occurrence of a photochemical reaction. The j-value is calculated from the product of the absorption cross ...

moonbow

Weather; Meteorology

A rainbow formed when the light source is the moon rather than the sun. Even though the optics of both is the same, the luminance of the lunar rainbow is much lower. As a result ...