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The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, ...
Tangent of the angle formed by the frontal surface with a horizontal plane.
Industry:Weather
Tangent of the angle formed by an isobar with a horizontal plane.
Industry:Weather
Tables prepared from the psychrometric formula and used to obtain vapor pressure, relative humidity, and dewpoint from values of wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperature.
Industry:Weather
Surface winds above the ocean derived using the Seasat-A scatterometer.
Industry:Weather
Surface synoptic station on land, suitably equipped and staffed, at which are observed specific elements and from which meteorological observations for international exchange are normally transmitted.
Industry:Weather
Surface gravity waves on the ocean that are not growing or being sustained any longer by the wind. Generated by the wind some distance away and now propagating freely across the ocean away from their area of generation, these waves can propagate in directions that differ from the direction of the wind, in contrast to a wind sea. See generating area.
Industry:Weather
Suffix meaning moon or lunar in terms related to meteorological optics. The plural is selena. Compare helion.
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Study of precipitation, including its nature and distribution, and techniques of measurement.
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Structural isomers, formula C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>16</sub>; α- and β-pinene are members of the monoterpene family. Stored in the needles of many conifer trees and emitted under stress, they are responsible for the characteristic odor of pine forests. The pinenes are very reactive hydrocarbons.
Industry:Weather
Strong southeast winds occurring in winter along the coast of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. They cause heavy seas and are accompanied by fog and rain; the counterpart of the northeast storm in North America.
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