Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

A surface boundary formed by the horizontal spreading of thunderstorm-cooled air. Outflow boundaries may intersect with each other or with other features (fronts, low-level jets) and act to focus new ...

ouari

Weather; Meteorology

A south wind of Djibouti in Africa; it is similar to the khamsin.

outer atmosphere

Weather; Meteorology

Very generally, the atmosphere at a great distance from the earth's surface; possibly best used as an approximate synonym for exosphere.

outer layer

Weather; Meteorology

For flow over a hill, the top layer in the boundary layer that accelerates relative to its upstream value due to the Bernoulli effect.

outer vortex

Weather; Meteorology

The outermost region of a tropical cyclone, encompassing all of the region affected by the storm outside its eyewall.

ostria

Weather; Meteorology

A warm southerly wind on the Bulgarian coast; it is considered a precursor of bad weather. See austru; compare lodos.

ordinary wave

Weather; Meteorology

When a plane wave is incident on a uniaxial medium (an anisotropic medium with two equivalent orthogonal directions), two transmitted waves result: the ordinary ray (or wave), the phase velocity of ...