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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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mountain fog
Weather; Meteorology
Fog formed by orographic lifting to condensation of moist air up a mountain slope. See orographic fog.
mountain observation
Weather; Meteorology
A collection of simultaneous meteorological measurements taken and recorded in a mountainous location. The harshness of the high-mountain environment, the inaccessibility of ...
mountain climate
Weather; Meteorology
Generally, the climate of high elevations. Mountain climates are distinguished by the departure of their characteristics from those of surrounding lowlands, and the one common ...
molar specific heat
Weather; Meteorology
The heat capacity of a system divided by the number of moles in that system.
mountain barometer
Weather; Meteorology
Any conventional barometer fitted with an extended scale so that atmospheric pressure measurements may be made at both high and low altitudes.
mountain (MONT) code
Weather; Meteorology
A synoptic code in which observations of clouds at and below station elevation of mountain stations are encoded and transmitted.
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