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Labrador Sea Water
Weather; Meteorology
The last water mass to contribute to the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water before it enters the southward path of the ocean conveyor belt. It occupies the central Labrador Sea with temperatures ...
K changes
Weather; Meteorology
The K process is generally viewed as a recoil streamer or small return stroke that occurs when a propagating discharge within the cloud encounters a pocket of charge opposite to its own. In this ...
lightning channel
Weather; Meteorology
The irregular path through the air along which a lightning discharge occurs. The lightning channel is established at the start of a discharge by the growth of a leader, which seeks out a path of ...
Köppen–Supan line
Weather; Meteorology
The isotherm connecting places that have a mean temperature of 10°C (50°F) for the warmest month of the year. It was adopted by Supan (1879) as the climatic isopleth that most nearly corresponded to ...
lithometeor
Weather; Meteorology
The general term for dry substances suspended in the atmosphere, including dust, haze, smoke, and sand. Compare hydrometeor, igneous meteor, luminous meteor; see atmospheric phenomenon.
Kaikias
Weather; Meteorology
The Greek word for the cold northeast wind, bringing thunder and hail in winter. On the Tower of the Winds at Athens it is represented by an old man, well clad but with bare arms, tipping hailstones ...
