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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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Langmuir circulation
Weather; Meteorology
Roll circulations approximately aligned with the surface stress vector that frequently occur in the upper boundary layer of oceans or lakes. Although similar in form to ...
jet stream
Weather; Meteorology
Relatively strong winds concentrated within a narrow stream in the atmosphere. While this term may be applied to any such stream regardless of direction (including vertical), it ...
leeside convergence
Weather; Meteorology
Region of convergence, often a line, downwind of a mountain or mountain ridge during fair-weather daytime conditions that are favorable for the formation of thermally forced ...
Knudsen number
Weather; Meteorology
Ratio of mean free path of air molecules to particle radius; a measure of its ability to behave as a molecule or a particle.
lightning suppression
Weather; Meteorology
Procedures to prevent the occurrence of lightning. Seeding below cloud base with 10-cm fiber chaff in a Colorado study resulted in corona discharges that caused a discharging ...
limb scanning
Weather; Meteorology
Probing the atmosphere above the earth's horizon from a satellite or other space vehicle. Measuring radiation emitted in the horizontal direction at various altitudes above the ...
long-term hydrological forecast
Weather; Meteorology
Prediction of future hydrologic variables such as streamflow or snowmelt for periods of at least one week and up to several months in advance.
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