Meteorology

Meteorology

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Rinehart projection

Weather; Meteorology

A map projection consisting of a set of overlays, used with radar displays, to compensate for the possibility of second-trip echoes. The overlays, shifted in range by multiples of the maximum ...

Scofield–Oliver technique

Weather; Meteorology

A manual technique designed to estimate rainfall from convective precipitating systems using consecutive enhanced infrared imagery from GOES.

A major category (the ''D'' climates) in W. Köppen's climatic classification, defined by a coldest-month mean temperature of less than −3°C (26. 6°F) and a warmest-month mean temperature of greater ...

sine galvanometer

Weather; Meteorology

A magnetometer of the electromagnetic type that is used to measure the horizontal intensity of the earth's magnetic field. The instrument serves as a national standard for measurement of this ...

shelf cloud

Weather; Meteorology

A low-level, horizontal, wedge-shaped arcus cloud associated with a convective storm's gust front (or occasionally a cold front). The shelf cloud is attached to the convective storm's cloud base. ...

Somali jet

Weather; Meteorology

A low-level southwesterly jet over the Arabian Sea in the summer months, off the coast of Somalia. It is the northern branch of a cross-equatorial flow, giving rise to a major supply of moisture in ...