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ridge

Weather; General weather

An elongated area of high atmospheric pressure that is associated with an area of maximum anticyclonic circulation. The opposite of a trough.

anemometer

Weather; General weather

Any instrument that measures wind speed. Several types of anemometers include the hot wire, rotation and pressure-type anemometers .

The study of the physics or nature of earth and its environment. It deals with the composition and physical phenomena of the earth and its liquid and gaseous envelopes. Areas of studies include the ...

rime

Weather; General weather

The rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets as they touch an exposed object, forming a white opaque granular deposit of ice. It is one of the results of an ice storm, and when formed on aircraft ...

aneroid barometer

Weather; General weather

An instrument that measures the atmospheric (barometric) pressure. and operates on the principle of having changing air pressure bend a flexible metallic canister, which is partially evacuated. An ...

geosphere

Weather; General weather

Considered the solid portions of the earth, including the hydrosphere and the lithosphere, as opposed to the atmosphere, which lies above it. At their conjunction is the biosphere.

rip current

Weather; General weather

It is formed by a strong surface water movement, or current, of a short duration that flows seaward from the shore. The return flow is piled up onshore by the incoming waves and wind. It is ...