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Part of rainfall that reaches the ground directly through the vegetative canopy, through intershrub spaces in the canopy, and as drip from the leaves, twigs, and stems.
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Pertaining to spring. The corresponding adjectives for summer, fall, and winter are aestival, autumnal, and hibernal.
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One of the major categories (the C climate) in W. Köppen's 1936 climatic classification. These climates have a coldest-month mean temperature of less than 18°C (64. 4°F) and greater than −3°C (26. 6°F), with a warmest-month mean temperature of more than 10°C (50°F). These limits distinguish it, respectively, from tropical rainy climates, snow forest climates, and tundra climates. It is separated from the dry climates by a function of annual temperature and precipitation. In C. W. Thornthwaite's 1931 classifications, the humid or moist subhumid and mesothermal climates would very closely correspond to the above. See formulas under steppe climate.
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One-half of the difference in height between consecutive high water and low water; hence, half of the tidal range.
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One of the constituent fluctuating velocities of a two- or three-dimensional field. See turbulence intensity.
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One of a series of wavelike formations on a snow surface, an inch or so in height, at right angles to the direction of wind.
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One of Köppen's 1936 tropical rainy climates; it is sufficiently warm and rainy to produce tropical rain forest vegetation, but it does exhibit the monsoon climate influences in that it has a winter dry season. Some authors do not recognize this as a separate climatic type, but rather include it within the tropical rain forest climate.
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