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Weather

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

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lee cyclogenesis

Weather; Meteorology

The synoptic-scale development of an atmospheric cyclonic circulation on the downwind side of a mountain range. The “lee” side is relative to the mean background airflow. Weak ...

mixing-length theory

Weather; Meteorology

A method of describing the movement of trace species on the turbulent or subgrid scale. The theory relates the fluxes of the trace species to the gradient of the mean quantities ...

K theory

Weather; Meteorology

A method of describing the movement of trace species on the turbulent or subgrid scale. The theory relates the fluxes of the trace species to the gradient of the mean quantities ...

mechanical equivalent of heat

Weather; Meteorology

The amount of mechanical work necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass of water by 1 degree Celsius. In modern usage it is the heat capacity of water, which at room ...

Joule's constant

Weather; Meteorology

The amount of mechanical work necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass of water by 1 degree Celsius. In modern usage it is the heat capacity of water, which at room ...

material coordinates

Weather; Meteorology

1. A system of coordinates by which fluid parcels are identified for all time by assigning them coordinates that do not vary with time. Examples of such coordinates are 1) the ...

Lagrangian coordinates

Weather; Meteorology

1. A system of coordinates by which fluid parcels are identified for all time by assigning them coordinates that do not vary with time. Examples of such coordinates are 1) the ...