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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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moist-adiabatic process

Weather; Meteorology

An adiabatic process for which the air is saturated and may contain liquid water. A distinction is made between the reversible process, in which total water is conserved, and the ...

moist tongue

Weather; Meteorology

An extension or protrusion of moist air into a region of lower moisture content. Cloudiness and precipitation are closely related to moist tongues.

moist climate

Weather; Meteorology

In C. W. Thornthwaite's 1948 climatic classification, any type of climate in which the seasonal water surplus counteracts seasonal water deficiency; thus it has a moisture index ...

moist convection

Weather; Meteorology

Atmospheric convection in which the phase changes of water play an appreciable role. All cumuliform clouds are manifestations of moist convection. The enthalpy exchange between ...

mesoscale eddies

Weather; Meteorology

In oceanography, densely packed, irregularly oval- shaped high and low pressure centers roughly 400 km (240 miles) in diameter in which current intensities are typically tenfold ...

modulator

Weather; Meteorology

A device for effecting the process of modulation. The amplitude, frequency, or phase of a carrier signal is varied with time by an applied information signal.