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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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leakage

Weather; Meteorology

The flow of fluid from a reservoir or water-bearing unit to an adjacent medium.

knowledge base

Weather; Meteorology

The facts, relationships, and procedures that constitute the knowledge about a given domain or task; the database of an expert (or knowledge based) system.

knowledge acquisition

Weather; Meteorology

The extraction and formulation of knowledge derived from extant sources, especially from experts. It includes the development of knowledge bases, often by interviewing and ...

lake evaporation

Weather; Meteorology

The evaporation from the surface of a lake.

Leeuwin Current

Weather; Meteorology

The eastern boundary current of the south Indian Ocean. It occupies the latitude band of the subtropical gyre but is not part of it; rather, it is found as a narrow and swift ...

kinetic energy

Weather; Meteorology

The energy that a body possesses as a consequence of its motion, defined as one- half the product of its mass and the square of its speed, (1/2)mv2. The kinetic energy per unit ...

Jevons effect

Weather; Meteorology

The effect of the presence of the rain gauge on the rainfall measurement. In 1861, W. S. Jevons pointed out that the rain gauge causes a disturbance in airflow past it, which ...