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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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lux

Weather; Meteorology

A photometric unit of illuminance or illumination equal to one lumen per square meter. A level of illumination between 200 and 1000 lux is generally considered to be adequate for ...

levantera

Weather; Meteorology

A persistent east wind in the Adriatic, usually bringing cloudy weather. Compare levante, greco, gregale.

Little Ice Age

Weather; Meteorology

A period between approximately A. D. 1550 (or perhaps as early as 1300) and 1850 in which mountain glaciers advanced in many parts of the world. The precise timing of the advances ...

local closure

Weather; Meteorology

A method of approximating the effects of turbulence at some height zk that considers only the meteorological state in the immediate vicinity of that height. For example, if ...

limited-area forecast model

Weather; Meteorology

A numerical model with a horizontal domain that does not cover the entire globe. Such models must be given lateral boundary conditions from either a global forecast model or from ...

logarithmic scale

Weather; Meteorology

A nonuniform scale representing the function y = log x. See logarithm, alignment chart.

lightning mapping system

Weather; Meteorology

A network of lightning detection equipment for locating the electromagnetic sources of a lightning flash. The flash, both intracloud and cloud-to-ground, is mapped in ...