Meteorology

Meteorology

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microbarograph

Weather; Meteorology

An aneroid barograph designed to record atmospheric pressure variations of very small magnitude.

microbarogram

Weather; Meteorology

The record or trace made by a microbarograph.

microbarm

Weather; Meteorology

That portion of the record of a microbarograph between any two (or a specified small number of) successive crossings of the average pressure level (in the same direction); analogous to microseism.

metro

Weather; Meteorology

A contraction for “meteorology” often heard among personnel in the military weather services.

methylvinyl ketone

Weather; Meteorology

Unsaturated carbonyl compound, formula CH 3 C(O)CH=CH 2 , or 3-oxybutene. One of the major products of isoprene oxidation in the atmosphere.

methyl iodide

Weather; Meteorology

An organic compound, formula CH 3 I, present in the atmosphere as the result of its production in the oceans by marine algae. It is subject to rapid photolysis in the lower atmosphere (with a ...

A chlorine-containing organic compound, formula CH 3 CCl 3 . It is used in industrial applications as a solvent and a degreasing agent. The production of this compound is now forbidden as a result of ...