20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Weather > Meteorology
Meteorology
A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.
Industry: Weather
Add a new termContributors in Meteorology
Meteorology
meddies
Weather; Meteorology
Coherent subsurface masses of anticyclonically rotating, warm salty water in the Atlantic Ocean originating from the Mediterranean Sea. These mesoscale lenses have been observed to persist for up to ...
mei-yu front
Weather; Meteorology
A quasi-persistent, nearly stationary, east–west-oriented weak baroclinic zone in the lower troposphere that typically stretches from the east China coast, across Taiwan, and eastward into the ...
megathermal climate
Weather; Meteorology
A type of climate characterized by continuous high temperatures in combination with abundant rainfall (in excess of evapotranspiration) throughout the year. This climate is the type required to ...
megatherm
Weather; Meteorology
A type of plant life that requires continuous high temperature and abundant rainfall (in excess of evapotranspiration)
megahertz (MHz)
Weather; Meteorology
A unit of frequency equal to one million (10 6 ) cycles per second.
medium-term hydrological forecast
Weather; Meteorology
Prediction of hydrologic variables such as streamflow or snowmelt for periods three to seven days in advance.
