Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

Instrument for measuring cloud base height above the surface with light detection and ranging (lidar), using a pulsed laser and signal processing to determine the location of strong backscatter from ...

January thaw

Weather; Meteorology

In the United States, a period of mild weather popularly supposed to recur each year, in later January; most pronounced in the Northeast and, to a lesser extent, the Midwest. The daily temperature ...

light breeze

Weather; Meteorology

In the Beaufort wind scale, a wind with a speed from 4 to 6 knots (4 to 7 mph) or Beaufort Number 2 (Force 2).

kaavie

Weather; Meteorology

In Scotland, a heavy fall of snow.

light air

Weather; Meteorology

In the Beaufort wind scale, a wind with a speed from 1 to 3 knots (1 to 3 mph) or Beaufort Number 1 (Force 1).

layer depth

Weather; Meteorology

In oceanography, the thickness of the mixed layer; or the depth to the top of the thermocline.

kal Baisakhi

Weather; Meteorology

In India, a short-lived dusty squall at the onset of the southwest monsoon (April– June) in Bengal. It is attributed by Bn. Banerji (1938) to a cool dry upper current from the north or northwest ...