Meteorology

Meteorology

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polar high

Weather; Meteorology

1. Same as arctic high. 2. Same as subpolar high.

shearing instability

Weather; Meteorology

1. Same as Helmholtz instability. 2. A complex hydrodynamic instability phenomenon exhibited by a stratified shear flow. A necessary condition for this type of instability is that the local ...

shear wave

Weather; Meteorology

1. Same as Helmholtz wave. 2. A wave propagating within an elastic solid.

precipitation electricity

Weather; Meteorology

1. That branch of the study of atmospheric electricity concerned with the electrical charge carried by precipitation particles and with the manner in which these charges are acquired. 2. The ...

signature analysis techniques

Weather; Meteorology

1. Techniques that use the variation in the spectral reflectance or emittance of objects as a method of identification. 2. Methods, such as the Dvorak and Scofield–Oliver techniques, that use ...

precipitation area

Weather; Meteorology

1. Specifically, on a synoptic surface chart, an area over which precipitation is falling. 2. In radar, the region in space containing precipitation echoes.

1. Specifically, ice formed by the freezing of seawater; as opposed, principally, to land ice. In brief, it forms first as lolly ice (frazil crystals), thickens into sludge, and coagulates into sheet ...