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Meteorology

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oe

Weather; Meteorology

A violent whirlwind of the Faeroe Island region (north of the British Isles).

The sum of the concentrations of oxygen atoms and ozone (O 3 ). In the lower atmosphere, the concentration of O 3 greatly exceeds that of O, and the odd oxygen level can be approximated by the O 3 ...

odd chlorine

Weather; Meteorology

A collective term for the suite of inorganic chlorine compounds found in the atmosphere, including chlorine atoms (Cl), chlorine monoxide (ClO), hydrogen chloride (HCl), chlorine nitrate (ClNO 3 ), ...

odd hydrogen

Weather; Meteorology

Chemical family, comprising hydrogen atoms (H), hydroxyl radicals (OH), and hydroperoxyl radicals (HO 2 ), that participates in ozone destruction in the stratosphere. Due to the rapid interconversion ...

octane

Weather; Meteorology

Family of alkane molecules, formula C 8 H 18 . Several different isomers exist with different structures but the same chemical formula. One of the isomers, 2,3,4-trimethylpentane, is the standard for ...

octa

Weather; Meteorology

A fraction equal to one-eighth of the celestial dome, used in the coding of cloud amounts in synoptic meteorological observations.

oceanography

Weather; Meteorology

The study of the sea, embracing and integrating all knowledge pertaining to the sea's physical boundaries, the chemistry and physics of seawater, and marine biology.