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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, ...
Sigma-t at 0°C. Knudsen's tables give values of sigma-zero as a function of salinity or chlorinity, as well as corrections to be applied to obtain sigma-t.
Industry:Weather
Sharp, short squalls during comparatively calm winds from May to November in Malaya.
Industry:Weather
Sediment particles in the size range of 1/256 to 1/16 mm (or 0. 0039 to 0. 0625 mm). Traditionally, sediment particle sizes in the silt-sized range are defined by their sedimentation diameter.
Industry:Weather
Sea level measured relative to a local tide gauge benchmark. Changes include both local vertical land movements and absolute sea level changes.
Industry:Weather
Roughly circular accumulations of frazil ice, usually less than about 3 m in diameter, with raised rims caused by collisions. This form of ice is common in the Antarctic. Pancake ice may develop from grease ice or shuga.
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Rules for deriving truths from previously stated or proven truths. It is the basis of the inference engine in most expert systems. See'' also'' chain rule, modus ponens, modus tollens, resolution.
Industry:Weather
Said of a flow that fulfills the requirements of the quasigeostrophic equations. See quasigeostrophic approximation.
Industry:Weather
Scattering that varies with the wavelength of radiation incident upon the scattering particles. In general, the largest and most complex degree of selectivity is found for wavelengths nearly equal to the diameter of the scattering particles.
Industry:Weather
Scale of measurement of irradiance as determined by an absolute standard type pyrheliometer; now superseded by the World Radiometric Reference.
Industry:Weather
Saturated air with temperatures near freezing; it is raw and penetrating.
Industry:Weather
