Meteorology

Meteorology

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quadrant analysis

Weather; Meteorology

A method of analysis that determines whether two different perturbation (turbulent) variables are correlated by plotting their joint frequency of occurrence.

Pasquill stability classes

Weather; Meteorology

A method of categorizing the stability of a region of the atmosphere in terms of the horizontal surface wind, the amount of solar radiation, and the fractional cloud cover.

pumping test

Weather; Meteorology

A method for determining the transmissivity and storativity of a confined or unconfined aquifer.

A mesoscale circulation feature in which a system-relative current of air enters and flows through the stratiform precipitation region of mesoscale convective systems from the rear. The rear-inflow ...

rocketsonde

Weather; Meteorology

A meteorological instrument package that measures vertical profiles of atmospheric winds and either temperature or density upon descent after ejection from a rocket at or near apogee. Rocketsondes ...

reversing thermometer

Weather; Meteorology

A mercury-in-glass thermometer that records temperature upon being inverted and thereafter retains its reading until returned to the first position. It consists of a conventional bulb connected to a ...

Red Sea Water

Weather; Meteorology

A Mediterranean Water mass originating in the Red Sea, where it has a temperature of 22°C and a salinity above 39 psu. It spreads, much diluted, at a depth between 600 and 800 m in the Arabian Sea ...