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Meteorology
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snow shower
Weather; Meteorology
A brief period of snowfall in which intensity can be variable and may change rapidly. A snow shower in which only light snow falls for a few minutes is typically called a snow flurry.
spectral line
Weather; Meteorology
A bright, or dark, line found in the spectrum of some radiant source. The wavelength location of the line is controlled by the physics of the emission (bright line) or absorption (dark line) process ...
radarscope
Weather; Meteorology
A cathode-ray oscilloscope on which radar echoes are displayed. See radar displays.
Regional Meteorological Center
Weather; Meteorology
A center for the Global Data Processing System that has the primary purpose of issuing meteorological analyses and prognoses on a regional scale for a specified geographic area.
spin-scan cloud camera
Weather; Meteorology
A camera system developed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin and flown on the first ATS in 1966. This camera made use of the spin-stabilization of the satellite to produce high-resolution ...
surface float
Weather; Meteorology
A buoyant device subject to wind effects used to measure water velocity on surface water bodies.
rear of a depression
Weather; Meteorology
A British term for the sector of advancing cold air of a midlatitude depression in its mature or decaying state.
