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multipath
Weather; Meteorology
The process or condition in which radiation travels between source and receiver via more than one propagation path. Because there can be only one “direct” path, some process of reflection, ...
highland climate
Weather; Meteorology
Generally, the climate of high elevations. Mountain climates are distinguished by the departure of their characteristics from those of surrounding lowlands, and the one common basis for this ...
multipath transmission
Weather; Meteorology
Propagation of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation between two points along two or more paths because of the nonuniformity of the propagating medium.
multiparameter radar
Weather; Meteorology
A radar capable of deriving more than one quantity from observations of a target. In meteorological applications, the term is usually applied to radars capable of measuring either 1) reflectivity and ...
multilevel model
Weather; Meteorology
A model that represents the vertical structure of the atmosphere with more than one discrete level or basis function. Compare barotropic model, equivalent barotropic model; see baroclinic model.
multichannel system
Weather; Meteorology
A scanning system capable of observing and recording several channels of data simultaneously through the same aperture.
multichannel sea surface temperature
Weather; Meteorology
An algorithm designed to produce improved estimates of sea surface temperature using multispectral measurements from AVHRR.
