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mean day-to-day variation
Weather; Meteorology
Mean of the absolute values of the differences between the daily means of a climate element on two successive days.
mean high water
Weather; Meteorology
The average level of all high waters at a place over a 19-year period. See mean sea level.
mean high water springs
Weather; Meteorology
Average spring tide high water level, averaged over a sufficiently long period.
mean higher high water
Weather; Meteorology
A tidal datum; the average of the higher of the two high water heights of each tidal day, averaged over the U. S. National Tidal Datum Epoch.
mean life
Weather; 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 low water
Weather; Meteorology
The average level of low water at a place over a 19-year period.
