Meteorology

Meteorology

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

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

A cloud seeding device in which the cloud seeding agent is first vaporized at a high temperature and then condensed as an aerosol as the vapor cools. Flares have been made for producing ice forming ...

photochemical reaction

Weather; Meteorology

A chemical reaction that involves either the absorption or emission of radiation. The absorption of an ultraviolet photon often provides the energy required to break chemical bonds and initiate a ...

supercooled cloud

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud composed of supercooled liquid water drops. The importance of such clouds lies in their unstable composition, since natural or artificial addition of ice crystals or other ice nuclei will ...

recirculation

Weather; Meteorology

A closed circulation system within a larger oceanic circulation, in which water is returned to its place of departure through a much shorter route than by following the main circulation path.

statistical–dynamical model

Weather; Meteorology

A climate model in which the statistical behavior of synoptic-scale dynamical processes is represented parametrically. In contrast to general circulation models, statistical–dynamical models offer ...

Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale

Weather; Meteorology

A classification scheme for hurricane intensity based on the maximum surface wind speed and the type and extent of damage done by the storm. The wind speed categories are as follows: 1) 33–42 m s −1 ...