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prominence
Weather; Meteorology
A filament-like protuberance from the chromosphere of the sun. Prominences can be observed visually (optically) whenever the sun's disk is masked, as during an eclipse or by using a coronagraph; and ...
purple light
Weather; Meteorology
A faint band, purple in color, seen over much of the solar sky during a clear twilight. The purple light exists when sun elevation −2° 0 0 ∼ −4°, and the area of purple light steadily descends ...
sky sweeper
Weather; Meteorology
A dry foehn wind from the northwest descending the coastal hills of Majorca.
raindrop
Weather; Meteorology
A drop of water of diameter greater than 0. 5 mm falling through the atmosphere. In careful usage, falling drops with diameters between 0. 2 and 0. 5 mm are called drizzle drops rather than ...
