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anomalous propagation

Weather; General weather

This refers to the non-standard propagation of a beam of energy, radio or radar, under certain atmospheric conditions, appearing as false (non-precipitation) echoes. Often referred to as A.P.

geostationary satellite

Weather; General weather

An orbiting weather satellite that maintains the same position over the equator during the earth's rotation. Also known as GOES, an acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. ...

An instrument package carried aloft by a meteorological rocket to make a measure one or more weather elements in a sounding of the upper atmosphere, at altitudes usually higher than can be obtained ...

pre-frontal squall line

Weather; General weather

A line of thunderstorms that precedes an advancing cold front. Refer to a squall line.

water cycle

Weather; General weather

Also called the hydrologic cycle, it is the vertical and horizontal transport of water in all its states between the earth, the atmosphere, and the seas.

d-value

Weather; General weather

The deviation of actual altitude along a constant pressure surface from the standard atmosphere altitude of that surface.

partial obscuration

Weather; General weather

Denotes that 1/8th or more of the sky, but not all of the sky, is hidden by any surface-based phenomena in the atmosphere, excluding precipitation. It often reduces horizontal visibility but not the ...