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SubBoreal
Weather; Meteorology
A period of more continental climate 3000 to more than 2000 years ago identified as part of the Blytt–Sernander sequence of inferred climates in northern Europe.
sky map
Weather; Meteorology
A pattern of variable brightness on the underside of a cloud layer as a consequence of the variable reflectivity of the surface immediately beneath, whether ice, snow, land, or water. This term is ...
solar tide
Weather; Meteorology
A partial tide, with a period of 12 hours, caused by the tide-producing force of the sun. See solar atmospheric tide.
scavenging coefficient
Weather; Meteorology
A parameterization of the rate of loss of gases or aerosol particles from the atmosphere by their incorporation into larger drops, for example, rain or other forms of precipitation.
Stokes wave
Weather; Meteorology
A nonlinear irrotational long-crested ocean wave, neglecting surface tension effects. It was first described by Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903), who produced a series expansion in powers of the ...
paesano
Weather; Meteorology
A northerly night breeze, blowing down from the mountains, of Lake Garda in Italy. See sover.
