Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

An adiabatic process for which the air is saturated and may contain liquid water. A distinction is made between the reversible process, in which total water is conserved, and the pseudoadiabatic or ...

moist tongue

Weather; Meteorology

An extension or protrusion of moist air into a region of lower moisture content. Cloudiness and precipitation are closely related to moist tongues.

moist climate

Weather; Meteorology

In C. W. Thornthwaite's 1948 climatic classification, any type of climate in which the seasonal water surplus counteracts seasonal water deficiency; thus it has a moisture index greater than zero. ...

moist convection

Weather; Meteorology

Atmospheric convection in which the phase changes of water play an appreciable role. All cumuliform clouds are manifestations of moist convection. The enthalpy exchange between condensing water vapor ...

mesoscale eddies

Weather; Meteorology

In oceanography, densely packed, irregularly oval- shaped high and low pressure centers roughly 400 km (240 miles) in diameter in which current intensities are typically tenfold greater than the ...

modulator

Weather; Meteorology

A device for effecting the process of modulation. The amplitude, frequency, or phase of a carrier signal is varied with time by an applied information signal.