Meteorology

Meteorology

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Livingstone sphere

Weather; Meteorology

A clay atmometer in the form of a sphere. Evaporation indicated by this instrument is supposed to be somewhat representative of that from plant growth.

lambert

Weather; Meteorology

A cgs unit of luminance (or photometric brightness) equal to one lumen, or 1/π candela per square centimeter. This luminance is produce by a blackbody source of luminous intensity 1 candela at a ...

A captive balloon used to maintain meteorological equipment aloft at approximately a constant height. The kytoon is streamlined, and combines the aerodynamic properties of a balloon and a kite. See ...

local winds

Weather; Meteorology

1. Winds that, over a small area, differ from those that would be appropriate to the general large-scale pressure distribution, or that possess some other peculiarity. Often these winds have names ...

local vorticity

Weather; Meteorology

1. The vorticity of the earth about the local zenith. 2. Same as relative vorticity.

lithosphere

Weather; Meteorology

1. The solid portion of the earth, as compared to the atmosphere and the hydrosphere. 2. In plate tectonics, a layer of strength relative to the underlying asthenosphere for deformation at geologic ...

leaching

Weather; Meteorology

1. The removal of materials in solution from soil, rock, or waste. 2. Separation or dissolving out of soluble constituents from a porous medium by percolation of water.