Weather

Weather

Of or pertaining to the state of the atmosphere and/or the science of monitoring, measuring and interpreting meteorological changes.

9Categories 93553Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Weather

Become a Contributors

Weather > Meteorology

nitrogen dioxide

Weather; Meteorology

A brown gas, formula NO 2 , found at all levels in the atmosphere. In the troposphere it photodissociates to give free oxygen atoms, which then form ozone, and is thus a key ...

nitrogen

Weather; Meteorology

(Symbol N. ) A colorless, tasteless, odorless gaseous element, atomic number 7, atomic weight 14. 007. It is the most abundant constituent of the atmosphere, amounting to 78. 09% ...

nitrogen cycle

Weather; Meteorology

A continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen successively passes through air, soil, and organisms involving principally organism decay, nitrogen fixation, ...

nitric acid trihydrate (NAT)

Weather; Meteorology

A stable crystalline form of nitric acid and water, consisting of three molecules of water for every molecule of nitric acid. Polar stratospheric clouds (type I) may be in the ...

nitric oxide

Weather; Meteorology

A colorless gas, formula NO, the most common form of nitrogen emitted into the atmosphere, either by fuel combustion or due to natural emissions. Nitric oxide is interconverted ...

nitrification

Weather; Meteorology

The process of converting reduced nitrogen (as ammonia or ammonium) to its more oxidized forms (nitrite or nitrate ions). It is a two-step process, with each step carried out by ...

nitric acid

Weather; Meteorology

A very soluble, acidic gas, formula HNO 3 , the end product of the oxidation of emitted gases. It is a major component of acidic precipitation in continental regions. In the clean ...