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kachchan
Weather; Meteorology
A hot, dry, west or southwest wind of foehn type in the lee of the Sri Lanka hills during the southwest monsoon in June and July. It is well developed at Batticaloa on the east coast, where it is ...
levanto
Weather; Meteorology
A hot southeasterly wind in the Canary Islands. Compare levante, leste.
lightning rod
Weather; Meteorology
A grounded metallic conductor with its upper extremity extending above the structure that is to be protected from damage due to lightning. The upper extremity, called the air terminal, should be ...
living glacier
Weather; Meteorology
A glacier experiencing glacier flow. Expansion or retreat is determined by the balance between mass accretion and mass depletion processes.
light pillar
Weather; Meteorology
A general term for what is often called a sun pillar, but one that allows for its appearance with such things as street lamps.
Kirchhoff's law
Weather; Meteorology
A fundamental radiation law that equates the absorptivity of matter to its emissivity at the same wavelength. Loosely put, this important law asserts that good absorbers of radiation at a given ...
katafront
Weather; Meteorology
A front (usually a cold front) at which the warm air descends the frontal surface (except, presumably, in the lowest layers). Compare anafront.
