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konimeter
Weather; Meteorology
An instrument for determining the dust content of a sample of air. One form of the instrument consists of a tapered metal tube through which a sample of air is drawn and allowed to impinge upon a ...
east kamchatka current
Weather; Meteorology
The western part of the subpolar gyre in the deep (western) part of the Bering Sea. It flows southward along the Kamchatka Peninsula with speeds of 0. 2–0. 3 m s−1. Most of its water leaves the ...
khamsin
Weather; Meteorology
A dry, dusty, and generally hot desert wind in Egypt and over the Red Sea. It is generally southerly or southeasterly, occurring in front of depressions moving eastward across North Africa or the ...
Kamchatka Current
Weather; Meteorology
The western part of the subpolar gyre in the deep (western) part of the Bering Sea. It flows southward along the Kamchatka Peninsula with speeds of 0. 2–0. 3 m s−1. Most of its water leaves the ...
photolysis rate
Weather; Meteorology
A first-order rate coefficient (in units of inverse time) for the occurrence of a photochemical reaction. The j-value is calculated from the product of the absorption cross section of the molecule ...
j-value
Weather; Meteorology
A first-order rate coefficient (in units of inverse time) for the occurrence of a photochemical reaction. The j-value is calculated from the product of the absorption cross section of the molecule ...
moonbow
Weather; Meteorology
A rainbow formed when the light source is the moon rather than the sun. Even though the optics of both is the same, the luminance of the lunar rainbow is much lower. As a result of the eye's reduced ...
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