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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, ...
The unit of viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, one gm cm<sup>−1</sup>s<sup>−1</sup>, named in honor of Poiseuille.
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The top of a smoke layer that is confined by a low-level temperature inversion in such a way as to give the appearance of the horizon when viewed from above against the sky. In such instances the true horizon is usually obscured by the smoke layer. See'' also'' dust horizon, fog horizon, haze horizon.
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The torque on a body illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. By ordinary standards radiation torques are extremely small, but the photon possesses an intrinsic angular momentum (or spin) that can be transferred to matter when it interacts with light.
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The total amount of solute species in equilibrium with the solid crystals from which the solutes were derived at constant temperature and pressure.
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The total amount of water, including the water vapor, in an unsaturated soil.
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The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Compare watershed, drainage area.
Industry:Weather
The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. To a first approximation, the sun radiates as a blackbody at a temperature of about 5700 K; hence, about 99. 9% of its energy output falls within the wavelength interval from 0. 15 to 4. 0 μm, with peak intensity near 0. 5 μm. About one-half of the total energy in the solar beam is contained within the visible spectrum from 0. 4 to 0. 7 μm, and most of the other half lies in the near-infrared, a small additional portion lying in the ultraviolet. See insolation, direct solar radiation, diffuse sky radiation, global radiation, extraterrestrial radiation, solar constant, total solar irradiance.
Industry:Weather
The twice-yearly change in sign of some monsoonal circulations. For example, the Indian monsoon reverses in October–November and again in April–May.
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