Meteorology

Meteorology

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jump model

Weather; Meteorology

An idealization for the atmospheric boundary layer that assumes uniform (well mixed) values with height within the boundary layer, capped by a discontinuity (or jump) at the top of the boundary ...

Lax–Wendroff differencing scheme

An explicit numerical approximation to the time evolution of fluid flows that is constructed through Taylor expansions to yield second-order truncation error using only two consecutive time levels. ...

long-train atmospherics

Weather; Meteorology

An extended train of waveform atmospherics.

knowledge-based system

Weather; Meteorology

An expert system. Those who prefer the term “expert system” emphasize the necessity of encapsulating the human expert's knowledge and way of utilizing that knowledge. Advocates of “knowledge-based ...

levanter

Weather; Meteorology

An English name for the levante, more specifically applied to winds in the Straits of Gibraltar and on the east coast of Spain. It blows from east or northeast with high pressure over central Europe ...

lombarde

Weather; Meteorology

An easterly wind (from Lombardy) that predominates along the French–Italian frontier. It comes from the High Alps. In winter it is violent and forms snowdrifts in the mountain valleys. In the plains ...

lunar atmospheric tide

Weather; Meteorology

An atmospheric tide due to the gravitational attraction of the moon. The only detectable components are the 12-lunar-hour or semidiurnal, as in the oceanic tides, and two others of very nearly the ...