Meteorology

Meteorology

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narrow-sector recorder

Weather; Meteorology

A radio direction-finder with which atmospherics are received from a limited sector related to the position of the antenna. The antenna is usually rotated continuously and the bearings of the ...

nappe

Weather; Meteorology

The profile assumed by water flowing over a weir in a vertical drop.

narbonnais

Weather; Meteorology

In France, a wind coming from Narbonne; a north wind in the Roussillon region of southern France resembling the tramontana. If associated with an influx of arctic air, it may be very stormy with ...

1. Satellite subpoint on the earth's surface that is centered directly below the satellite. This is also referred to as the point of zero nadir angle for a satellite in earth orbit. 2. The point on a ...

mutatus

Weather; Meteorology

A term used when the whole or a large part of a cloud undergoes a change from one genus to another. The new cloud is then given the name of the appropriate genus, followed by the name of the genus of ...

muskeg

Weather; Meteorology

A swamp or bog occurring in depressions in poorly drained alluvial or glacial terrain in northern Canada or the United States. The depression usually accumulates a saturated, highly compressible ...

Old Wives' summer

Weather; Meteorology

A period of calm, clear weather, with cold nights and misty mornings but fine warm days, which sets in over central Europe toward the end of September; comparable to Indian summer. It has been ...