Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

A mirage in which the image of distant objects is displaced downward. Because the displacement increases with distance, a horizontal surface, such as that of a body of water, desert, or road, appears ...

stooping

Weather; Meteorology

A mirage in which the angular height of the image is less than that of the object. As the width is unaffected (the angular width of image width remains that of the object because the refractive index ...

responsive parameterization

Weather; Meteorology

A method to approximate the amount of turbulence by assuming that it is proportional to the amount of static or dynamic instability in the air, since turbulence responds to instabilities and reduces ...

rawin

Weather; Meteorology

A method of winds-aloft observation; that is, the determination of wind speeds and directions in the atmosphere above a station. It is accomplished by tracking a balloon-borne radar target, ...

rabal

Weather; Meteorology

A method of winds-aloft observation; that is, the determination of wind speeds and directions in the atmosphere above a station. It is accomplished by recording the elevation and azimuth angles of ...

profile matching

Weather; Meteorology

A method of merging the shape or mathematical representation of a meteorological variable versus height in one layer with a different shape or representation in an adjacent layer. An example in the ...