Meteorology

Meteorology

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

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

The theory, within the framework of continuum electromagnetic theory, of scattering and absorption of a plane, harmonic wave with arbitrary frequency and state of polarization by a homogeneous sphere ...

Mid-Japan Sea Cold Current

Weather; Meteorology

The slow southward movement of cold water in the central Japan Sea that, when meeting the northward flowing Tsushima Current, establishes the Arctic Polar Front that stretches from southern Korea to ...

objective analysis

Weather; Meteorology

An analysis that is free from any direct subjective influences resulting from human experience, interpretation, or bias. See objective forecast.

oberwind

Weather; Meteorology

A night wind from mountains or the upper ends of lakes; a wind of Salzkammergut in Austria.

ob

Weather; Meteorology

In meteorology, a commonly used abbreviation for weather observation.

oasis effect

Weather; Meteorology

Evaporative cooling effect due to heat advection when a source of water exists in an otherwise arid area. In addition to true desert oases, the oasis effect is also characteristic of natural bodies ...

numerical simulation

Weather; Meteorology

A numerical integration in which the goal is typically to study the behavior of the solution without regard to the initial conditions (to distinguish it from a numerical forecast). Thus the ...