Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along ...

lull

Weather; Meteorology

A momentary decrease in the speed of the wind.

Lagrangian airshed models

Weather; Meteorology

A model designed to follow one parcel of air along its trajectory through the atmosphere. In the model, the air parcel undergoes chemical change, as well as being impacted by dilution and the ...

looming

Weather; Meteorology

A mirage in which the image of distant objects is displaced upward. Because the displacement increases with distance, a horizontal surface, such as that of a body of water, appears to bend upward and ...

lateral mirage

Weather; Meteorology

A mirage in which the image (or images) is displaced laterally from the position of the object. This is not a difficult mirage to find, especially along the sun-warmed walls of buildings. In many ...

Longmont anticyclone

Weather; Meteorology

A mesoscale zone of anticyclonically turning winds that develops downstream of the Cheyenne Ridge in northeast Colorado and southeast Wyoming, and is often centered just east of the foothills of the ...

line intensity

Weather; Meteorology

A measure of the total effect of an absorption or emission line. The line intensity is equal to the integration of the absorption coefficient over the entire shape of the absorption line.