Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

Roll circulations approximately aligned with the surface stress vector that frequently occur in the upper boundary layer of oceans or lakes. Although similar in form to atmospheric longitudinal roll ...

jet stream

Weather; Meteorology

Relatively strong winds concentrated within a narrow stream in the atmosphere. While this term may be applied to any such stream regardless of direction (including vertical), it is coming more and ...

leeside convergence

Weather; Meteorology

Region of convergence, often a line, downwind of a mountain or mountain ridge during fair-weather daytime conditions that are favorable for the formation of thermally forced upslope flow and deep ...

Knudsen number

Weather; Meteorology

Ratio of mean free path of air molecules to particle radius; a measure of its ability to behave as a molecule or a particle.

lightning suppression

Weather; Meteorology

Procedures to prevent the occurrence of lightning. Seeding below cloud base with 10-cm fiber chaff in a Colorado study resulted in corona discharges that caused a discharging current to flow within ...

limb scanning

Weather; Meteorology

Probing the atmosphere above the earth's horizon from a satellite or other space vehicle. Measuring radiation emitted in the horizontal direction at various altitudes above the limb is a useful ...