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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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long-range forecast

Weather; Meteorology

A forecast for a period greater than seven days in advance, although there are no absolute limits to the period embraced by the definition. Compare medium-range forecast, extended ...

Lagrangian float

Weather; Meteorology

A float that is used to obtain Lagrangian (following a fluid particle, thus drifting) current measurements. See Swallow float, drifter.

leapfrog differencing

Weather; Meteorology

A finite-difference approximation to a time evolution equation in which the time derivative is approximated with values one time step before and one time step ahead of the values ...

koembang

Weather; Meteorology

A dry foehnlike wind from southeast or south in Cheribon and Tegal in Indonesia. It is caused by the east monsoon that develops a jet effect in passing through the gaps in the ...

linear differential equation

Weather; Meteorology

A differential equation that is linear in the dependent variable and derivatives thereof. The existence of a wealth of mathematical techniques and tables for the treatment of ...

linearized differential equation

Weather; Meteorology

A differential equation that has been derived from an original nonlinear equation by the treatment of each dependent variable as consisting of the sum of an undisturbed or steady ...

jury problem

Weather; Meteorology

A differential equation solved numerically by a method of successive approximations that fits the solution to given boundary conditions. Elliptic equations, such as the Poisson ...