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maximum contaminant level
Weather; Meteorology
(Usually abbreviated MCL. ) A federal drinking water standard that specifies the maximum concentration level for a regulated chemical in drinking water.
maximum
Weather; Meteorology
The greatest value attained (or attainable) by a function; the opposite of minimum. An “absolute” maximum is the greatest value within a prescribed interval, while “relative” maxima are the greatest ...
matinal
Weather; Meteorology
The “morning wind,” that is, an east wind. In the Morvan Mountains and the center of the Massif Central in France, the matinal often blows for several days, especially in summer, and brings fine ...
mass transport
Weather; Meteorology
The momentum, u, where is the fluid density and u the velocity vector, considered as the transport of fluid mass from one region of space to another.
mass-transfer method
Weather; Meteorology
Method for estimating the actual evaporation from a body of water, assuming it is proportional to the product of wind velocity (perhaps raised to a power less than one), the difference between the ...
mast
Weather; Meteorology
A tall, usually movable structure, used to mount meteorological sensors on for monitoring near-surface atmospheric parameters. A mast differs from a tower in that it is designed to have minimal ...