Meteorology

Meteorology

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neutron logging

Weather; Meteorology

Assessment of the fluid properties in a borehole by bombardment with fast-moving neutrons and measurement of resultant radiation.

neutron

Weather; Meteorology

An uncharged subatomic particle. The rest mass of the neutron is slightly greater than that of the proton. Atomic nuclei are composed of protons and neutrons bound together by nuclear forces. The ...

A neutral surface is that surface along which fluid particles can be exchanged without doing any work against gravity. For many oceanographic purposes it is sufficiently accurate to assume that this ...

neutercane

Weather; Meteorology

Large storm system possessing both tropical and extratropical characteristics.

net outgoing ir

Weather; Meteorology

The net flux density of terrestrial radiation. This is the difference between upwelling and downwelling longwave flux density, which may be referenced to any specified altitude, but is most commonly ...

neural network

Weather; Meteorology

Usually used to mean “artificial neural network,” a computer program inspired by simple models of the brain. It consists of a network of nodes connected by weighted links that establish the ...

neutral mode

Weather; Meteorology

In hydrodynamic instability theory, a wave solution the amplitude of which does not change with time; it neither grows nor decays. In contrast, the amplitude of a growing mode (or wave) increases ...