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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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long wave

Weather; Meteorology

1. With regard to atmospheric circulation, a wave in the major belt of westerlies that is characterized by large length and significant amplitude. The wave length is typically ...

jet streak

Weather; Meteorology

The region of a jet stream axis with the greatest winds.

J process

Weather; Meteorology

The slowly propagating electrical breakdown process in a cloud carrying net charge; it can initiate a K process. See K changes.

junction process

Weather; Meteorology

The slowly propagating electrical breakdown process in a cloud carrying net charge; it can initiate a K process. See K changes.

krypton (Kr)

Weather; Meteorology

An inert element, fourth member of the noble gas family, atomic number 36, atomic weight 83. 7; an element found in the atmosphere to the extent of only 0. 000114% by volume.

kurtosis

Weather; Meteorology

(Symbol β2 or α4. ) A descriptive measure of a random variable in terms of the flatness of its probability distribution. It is defined as follows: where μ4 is the fourth ...

lunar day

Weather; Meteorology

1. The time required for the earth to rotate once with respect to the moon, that is, the time between two successive upper transits of the moon. The mean lunar day is ...