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moisture content

Weather; Meteorology

In meteorology, a general term usually referring to the water vapor content of the atmosphere, or to the total water substance (gaseous, liquid, and solid) present in a given volume of air. In ...

moisture weight percentage

Weather; Meteorology

Expression of soil moisture content obtained by taking the ratio of the weight of water in the soil to the oven-dry weight of the soil and multiplying by 100.

molality

Weather; Meteorology

A measure of the concentration of a dissolved species in a solution. The molality is given as the number of moles of the compound dissolved per kilogram of solution. Compare molarity.

molan

Weather; Meteorology

Breeze blowing from Arve toward Geneva in Switzerland.

moisture volume percentage

Weather; Meteorology

Expression of soil moisture content obtained by taking the ratio of the volume of water in the soil to the total bulk soil volume and multiplying by 100.

moisture profile

Weather; Meteorology

Curve representing air or soil moisture as a function of height or depth.

moisture tension

Weather; Meteorology

The energy with which water is held in soil; equivalent to the negative pressure to which water must be exposed to so that it is in hydraulic equilibrium, through a permeable membrane, with soil ...