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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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Knollenberg probe

Weather; Meteorology

Popular term for a set of optical particle probes for counting, sizing, and/or imaging aerosols or hydrometeors, named for the inventor, Robert G. Knollenberg.

Kuroshio countercurrent

Weather; Meteorology

Part of the Kuroshio system. Between longitudes 155° and 160°E, considerable water turns south and southwest, forming part of the Kuroshio countercurrent. It runs at a distance of ...

kilomole

Weather; Meteorology

One thousand gram-moles of a substance.

large-scale convection

Weather; Meteorology

Organized vertical motion on a larger scale than atmospheric free convection associated with cumulus clouds. The patterns of vertical motion in hurricanes or in migratory cyclones ...

long-crested wave

Weather; Meteorology

Ocean surface waves that are nearly two-dimensional, in that the crests appear very long in comparison with the wavelength, and the energy propagation is concentrated in a narrow ...

light

Weather; Meteorology

Often synonymous with visible radiation but sometimes applied to electromagnetic radiation well outside the visible spectrum.

knik wind

Weather; Meteorology

Local name for a strong southeast wind in the vicinity of Palmer in the Matanuska Valley of Alaska. The knik wind blows most frequently in the winter, although it may occur at any ...