Meteorology

Meteorology

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moraine

Weather; Meteorology

Ridges or deposits of rock debris transported by a glacier. Moraines are left after a glacier has receded, providing evidence of its former extent. Common forms are ground moraine, formed under a ...

morning glory

Weather; Meteorology

A wind squall or succession of wind squalls, frequently accompanied by a spectacular low roll cloud or a series of such clouds, that occurs early in the morning, mainly in the late dry season ...

motorboating

Weather; Meteorology

The sound heard through the monitoring speaker of an audio-modulated radiosonde when the audio signal became so low in frequency that it resembled the sound of a motorboat. It corresponded to ...

mother-cloud

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud from which another cloud has grown or been formed. See cloud classification.

morphology

Weather; Meteorology

A study of the structure, form, or shape of meteorological phenomena, such as clouds or ice crystals; includes the classification of these phenomena.

noctilucent clouds

Weather; Meteorology

Thin silvery-blue cirrus-like clouds frequently seen during summer twilight conditions at high latitudes (above 50°) in both hemispheres. They are the highest visible clouds in the atmosphere, ...

classical mechanics

Weather; Meteorology

A system of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion. The salient characteristics of Newtonian mechanics are that mass and energy are separately conserved, all physical variables can take on a ...