Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

The global recirculation of water masses that determines today's climate. The conveyor belt is driven by the sinking of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) through cooling of the surface water in the ...

occlusion

Weather; Meteorology

1. In meteorology, the process of formation of an occluded front. Some persons restrict the use of this term to the usual case where the process begins at the apex of a wave cyclone; when the process ...

ocean

Weather; Meteorology

1. The intercommunicating body of saltwater occupying the depressions of the earth's surface. 2. One of the major primary subdivisions of the above, bounded by continents, the equator, and other ...

obscuration

Weather; Meteorology

1. In U. S. Weather observing practice, the designation for the sky cover when the sky is completely hidden by surface-based obscuring phenomena. It is encoded “X” in aviation weather observations; ...

occluded front

Weather; Meteorology

A front that forms as a cyclone moves deeper into colder air. This front will separate air behind the cold front from air ahead of the warm front. This is a common process in the late stages of ...