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Meteorology

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Littoral current

Weather; Meteorology

The resultant current produced by waves being deflected at an angle by the shore. In this case the current runs roughly parallel to the shoreline. The longshore current is capable of carrying a ...

Longshore current

Weather; Meteorology

The resultant current produced by waves being deflected at an angle by the shore. In this case the current runs roughly parallel to the shoreline. The longshore current is capable of carrying a ...

Lambing storm

Weather; Meteorology

A slight fall of snow in the spring in England.

Katabaric

Weather; Meteorology

Of, or pertaining to, a decrease in atmospheric pressure. See allobaric, isallobaric.

Katallobaric

Weather; Meteorology

Of, or pertaining to, a decrease in atmospheric pressure. See allobaric, isallobaric.

A water mass found in the Japan Sea below a depth of 200 m (84% of the volume of the Japan Sea). Being isolated from all other oceans, it has very uniform salinity (34. 1) and temperature (0°– 1°C). ...

Level of nondivergence

Weather; Meteorology

A level in the atmosphere throughout which the horizontal velocity divergence is zero. Although in some meteorological situations there may be several such surfaces (not necessarily level), the level ...