Meteorology

Meteorology

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sediment yield

Weather; Meteorology

1. Total quantity of sediment moving out of a watershed in a given time interval, expressed in units of mass per unit time. 2. Total sediment discharge from a watershed relative to the watershed ...

stagnation pressure

Weather; Meteorology

1. Usually, same as total pressure. 2. Sometimes, same as dynamic pressure.

polar ice

Weather; Meteorology

1. The thickest form of sea ice, one to several years old (perhaps paleocrystic), and sometimes more than 3 m (10 ft) thick. 2. (Also called polar-cap ice. ) The pack ice of the central Arctic Ocean.

1. The vapor pressure of a system, at a given temperature, for which the vapor of a substance is in equilibrium with a plane surface of that substance's pure liquid or solid phase; that is, the vapor ...

radioactivity

Weather; Meteorology

1. The spontaneous transition of an atomic nucleus to a lower energy state (radioactive decay) accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle, a beta particle, or gamma radiation. Alpha emission ...

phytoclimatology

Weather; Meteorology

1. The study of the microclimate in the air space occupied by plant communities within the canopy, on the surfaces of the plants themselves, and, in some cases, in air spaces within the plants. 2. ...

radiation

Weather; Meteorology

1. The process by which electromagnetic radiation is propagated through free space. The propagation takes place at the speed of light (3. 00 x 10 8 m s −1 in vacuum) by way of joint (orthogonal) ...