Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

At any point on the earth's surface, the horizontal direction of the earth's magnetic lines of force (direction of a magnetic meridian) toward the north magnetic pole, that is, a direction indicated ...

magnetic field intensity

Weather; Meteorology

The magnitude of the magnetic field at any point. Strictly speaking, the magnetic field is the set of all values of the magnetic field intensity, but magnetic field and magnetic field intensity (as ...

magnetic double refraction

Weather; Meteorology

Double refraction (or linear birefringence) induced in a medium as a consequence of a magnetic field applied to it; discovered in 1902 by Voigt, who showed that light propagating in a vapor to which ...

magmatic water

Weather; Meteorology

Water brought to the earth's surface from great depths by the upward movement of intrusive igneous rocks. The quantities of neither magmatic water nor connate water are appreciable in comparison to ...

magnetic dipole

Weather; Meteorology

1. In geomagnetism, either of the two points on the earth's surface where a free- swinging magnetic needle points in a vertical direction. The line connecting these two points does not pass through ...

mackerel gale

Weather; Meteorology

A wind that ruffles the water, favoring the catching of mackerel.

maestro

Weather; Meteorology

A northwesterly wind with fine weather that blows, especially in summer, in the Adriatic; it is most frequent on the western shore and is equivalent to the etesians of the eastern Mediterranean. It ...