Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

A convective storm system usually composed of a cluster of ordinary convective cells at various stages of their life cycle. New cells within the convective system are generated primarily by either ...

multiband system

Weather; Meteorology

(Term used in remote sensing. ) A system for simultaneously observing the same target with several filtered bands. Usually applied to imaging radiometers that use dispersant optics to separate ...

multiannual storage

Weather; Meteorology

Storage of water in a reservoir that can be carried over multiple years with variations in inflow and demand.

muggy

Weather; Meteorology

Colloquially descriptive of warm and especially humid weather.

mudflow

Weather; Meteorology

A dense, highly viscous flowing mass of predominantly fine-grained earthy material, with water content approximately 20% by weight (or approximately 40% by volume). Their high density and viscosity ...

mud rain

Weather; Meteorology

Rain containing a noticeable concentration of particles of sand or dust that may originate from very distant regions. Compare blood rain, sulfur rain.

moving-target indication (MTI)

Weather; Meteorology

An incoherent Doppler technique for eliminating stationary targets from radar displays. For each transmitted pulse, the frequency or phase of the returned signal is compared with that of the ...