Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

Organic molecules containing an oxygen–oxygen linkage, general formula ROOR or ROOH, where R is an organic group. In the atmosphere, ROOH is most commonly encountered, and the compound is an organic ...

orographic

Weather; Meteorology

Relating to mountains and mountain effects. Often refers to influences of mountains or mountain ranges on airflow, but also used to describe effects on other meteorological quantities such as ...

orographic cloud

Weather; Meteorology

Mountain clouds produced by orographic lifting of moist air to saturation. Clouds formed by upslope winds are generally stratiform, those formed by mountain wave updrafts are often lenticularis-type ...

orographic fog

Weather; Meteorology

Fog formed as moist air blows up a mountain slope and becomes saturated. Flow can result from large-scale upslope winds or thermally forced upslope (anabatic) winds. See anabatic wind, orographic ...

orographic isobar

Weather; Meteorology

A distortion of an isobar or isobars (surface or upper level) due to a mountain range or other obstruction.

orographic lifting

Weather; Meteorology

Ascending air flow caused by mountains. Mechanisms that produce the lifting fall into two broad categories: 1) the upward deflection of horizontal larger-scale flow by the orography acting as an ...

orographic occlusion

Weather; Meteorology

An occluded front in which the occlusion process has been hastened by the retardation of the warm front along the windward slopes of a mountain range.