Meteorology

Meteorology

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photopolarimeter

Weather; Meteorology

A polarimeter operating at optical wavelengths, especially in the band of wavelengths visible to the human eye.

saturation point

Weather; Meteorology

A point on a thermodynamic diagram representing the state of the air defined by a pair of variables: ''P sat '' and ''T sat '', where ''P sat '' is the saturation pressure and ''T sat '' is the ...

penetrometer

Weather; Meteorology

A pointed device that indicates the amount of resistance encountered when it is forced into a material such as snow or soil. See ram penetrometer.

periodogram

Weather; Meteorology

A plot of amplitude or squared amplitude against frequency for the wave components of a periodic function represented by a Fourier series.

stream hydrograph

Weather; Meteorology

A plot of stream discharge as a function of time.

A picture element, that is, a single element of an image or picture. A pixel is the smallest element of a picture. Other elements are rows, columns, and subframes, which are rectangular regions of ...

phreatophyte

Weather; Meteorology

A plant that habitually obtains its water supply either directly from the zone of saturation or through the capillary fringe. Salt cedar, mesquite, greasewood, sycamore, willow, and cottonwood are ...