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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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midnight wind

Weather; Meteorology

In Germany, a local wind from the south that sets in regularly, under anticyclonic conditions, over the Upper Bavarian lakes Würm and Ammer, soon after midnight. It is a mountain ...

midsection method

Weather; Meteorology

Method for computing the discharge of a stream by dividing the cross section by verticals into sections. The total discharge is the sum of the products of the average velocity in ...

microwave radiation

Weather; Meteorology

Electromagnetic radiation generally in the frequency range between 300 MHz and 300 GHz (free-space wavelengths between 1 and 1000 mm). Within these frequencies lie the UHF, SHF, ...

middle atmosphere

Weather; Meteorology

The region lying between the troposphere and the thermosphere, comprising the stratosphere and the mesosphere.

microwave refractometer

Weather; Meteorology

An instrument that measures the refractive index of air by determining changes in humidity. The refractive index of the moist air is measured either by measuring its dielectric ...

microwave radar

Weather; Meteorology

A type of radar that employs microwave scatterometers deployed aboard aircraft and satellites that can compute wind speed using algorithms relating the wind speed to the ...

microwave probing

Weather; Meteorology

Sensing electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths between approximately 1 mm and 1 m. The Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and the Special Sensing Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) are ...