Meteorology

Meteorology

A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

The average time during which anything can be said to reside within a specified region or to exist unchanged; for example, the mean life of a chemical species in the atmosphere, the mean life of a ...

mean solar day

Weather; Meteorology

The interval of time between two successive meridional transits of the “mean sun,” an imaginary point moving with such constant angular velocity along the celestial equator as to complete one annual ...

mean sea level trends

Weather; Meteorology

Changes of mean sea level at a site over long periods of time, typically decades, also called secular changes. Global changes due to the increased volume of ocean water are called eustatic changes; ...

mean sea level (MSL)

Weather; Meteorology

The arithmetic mean of hourly heights observed over some specified period. In the United States, mean sea level is defined as the mean height of the surface of the sea for all stages of the tide over ...