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Meteorology

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photolabile

Weather; Meteorology

A chemical that is easily dissociated by the absorption of light, usually in the visible or ultraviolet region. An example of a photolabile species is nitrous acid, HONO, which has a very short ...

A chart used in making subjective estimates of the amount of solid matter emitted by smokestacks. The observer compares the grayness of the smoke with a series of shade diagrams formed by horizontal ...

second-order reaction

Weather; Meteorology

A chemical reaction for which the rate of disappearance of reactants or the rate of appearance of the reaction product(s) is proportional to the product of the concentration of two reacting species, ...

synoptic wave chart

Weather; Meteorology

A chart of an ocean area on which are plotted synoptic wave reports from vessels, along with computer-generated wave heights for areas where reports are lacking. Atmospheric fronts, highs, and lows ...

pilot chart

Weather; Meteorology

A chart of a major ocean area that presents in graphic form averages obtained from weather, wave, ice, and other marine data gathered over many years in meteorology and oceanography to aid the ...

station continuity chart

Weather; Meteorology

A chart or graph on which time is one coordinate and one (or more) of the observed meteorological elements at that station is the other coordinate. Compare continuity chart.