Meteorology

Meteorology

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

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

A constant of proportionality relating the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentrations of the chemical species involved in the reaction. For a second-order reaction, A + B → products, the units ...

Stefan–Boltzmann constant

Weather; Meteorology

A constant of proportionality that relates the radiant emittance of a blackbody to the fourth power of the body's absolute temperature. Its value is 5. 670 x 10 −8 W m −2 K −4 .

polar continental air

Weather; Meteorology

A continental air mass that develops over or near the polar region.

phytotron

Weather; Meteorology

A controllable artificial environment used for the study of plants under well-defined conditions.

point-to-point communication

Weather; Meteorology

A communication between two and only two locations. A normal phone call is an example of a point-to-point communication (excluding conference calls).

spatial dendrite

Weather; Meteorology

A complex ice crystal with dendritic arms that extend in many directions (spatially) from a central nucleus, probably a frozen droplet that originally froze as a polycrystal. Its form is roughly ...