Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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output

Weather; Meteorology

The quantity that is delivered by an instrument or a component of an instrument; used in contradistinction to the input.

overcast

Weather; Meteorology

1. Descriptive of a sky cover of 1. 0 (95% or more) when at least a portion of this amount is attributable to clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft; that is, when the total sky cover is not due ...

outlook

Weather; Meteorology

Issued to indicate that a hazardous weather or hydrologic event may develop. It is intended to provide information to those who need considerable lead time to prepare for the event.

Nocturnal cold-air jet flowing out of the mouth of a valley or canyon as it opens onto a plain. When the flow is fully developed, its depth near the exit is about the same as the height of the valley ...

outgoing longwave radiation

Weather; Meteorology

The radiative character of energy radiated from the warmer earth to cooler space, often derived from window channel measurements from satellites in polar orbit.