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Meteorology

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natural remanent magnetization (NRM)

Weather; Meteorology

The permanent magnetism of a rock. A rock may also have other types of magnetism, such as induced magnetism that may change when the rock is moved to another location in the geomagnetic field. The ...

natural flow

Weather; Meteorology

Streamflow that occurs from a basin under natural conditions, that is, without regulation by hydraulic structures.

natural control

Weather; Meteorology

Natural conditions in a channel that make the water level at, or upstream of, that location a stable indicator of the discharge. Commonly, this control will be a condition where critical depth occurs ...

national standard barometer

Weather; Meteorology

Barometer designated by a WMO member as the reference standard barometer for its own country.

n'aschi

Weather; Meteorology

The Arabic name for a northeasterly wind that occurs in winter on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, especially near the entrance to the gulf and also on the Makran coast. It is probably of the ...

narrowband radiation

Weather; Meteorology

Radiation over a range of wavelengths for which the Planck function does not change significantly, but for which the spectral absorption coefficient may be highly variable Transmission functions for ...