Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

The amount of turbulent mixing necessary to eliminate any static and dynamic instabilities in the atmosphere. Because atmospheric circulations that include turbulent eddies have finite velocities, ...

mixing zone

Weather; Meteorology

Zone separating regions of two different fluids through which a gradient exists to mix the fluid properties.

mixing fog

Weather; Meteorology

Fog, light and of short duration, produced by the mixing of two moist but nonsaturated air masses with different temperatures.

mixing cloud

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud formed when two subsaturated volumes of moist air with different temperatures and vapor pressures mix isobarically and adiabatically to form a volume of moist air with an intermediate ...

mixing

Weather; Meteorology

1. The result of irregular fluctuations in fluid motions on all scales from the molecular to large eddies. Gradients of conservative properties such as potential temperature, momentum, humidity, and ...

mixed-layer venting

Weather; Meteorology

Removal of pollutants out of the top of the atmospheric boundary layer through the mixed-layer capping inversion. Normally pollutants cannot escape through the capping inversion. However, penetrating ...

mixed-layer depth

Weather; Meteorology

The thickness, ''z'' i, of the mixed layer, defined as the location of a capping temperature inversion or statically stable layer of air. Often associated with, or measured by, a sharp increase of ...