- Industry: Weather
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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, ...
Squall lines in the form of spirals accompanying tropical cyclones. Secondary bands generally lack local swirling wind maxima and are fixed to the cyclone motion or the environmental shear, in contrast with the principal band.
Industry:Weather
Sequences of algorithmically generated numbers that pass certain tests for randomness but that are not truly random due to the inherently deterministic nature of the procedure.
Industry:Weather
Shallow water usually associated with the presence of sand bars below the surface. Sometimes these sand bars are exposed during low tides.
Industry:Weather
Sharp irregular ridges formed on a snow surface by wind erosion and deposition. The ridges are parallel to the direction of the prevailing wind. The Russian word (zastrugi) is a collective noun and lacks a singular form. An individual ridge in a field of sastrugi has been called a sastruga in some English-language articles.
Industry:Weather
Specified period of time in which the conditions stated in a weather forecast apply.
Industry:Weather
Specially constructed board used to identify the surface of snow or ice that has been covered by more recent snowfall. Snow boards are used as an aid in obtaining representative samples of solid precipitation at times when the catch in the gauge is considered erroneous, for example, in windy weather and wet snow. They provide the reference level for the measurement of new snowfall and ice. They are constructed of thin metal, wood, or other light material so as to not sink in the snow. They should be at least 40 cm by 40 cm and covered with white cloth or plastic.
Industry:Weather
Special meteorological report transmitted by a station to indicate a deterioration or improvement in the weather significant for a particular need, especially aeronautics.
Industry:Weather
Spanish term for the mountain sickness experienced on the plateaus of the Andes.
Industry:Weather
Space charge layer on the surface of a cloud opposite in polarity to the main charge inside the cloud. This can lead to the underestimation of the magnitude of the main charge when measured remotely.
Industry:Weather
Soil that has all its micropore and macropore spaces filled with water. The soil cannot retain additional water until water is deleted from some of these pores. Saturated soils promote anaerobic conditions.
Industry:Weather
