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A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.

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tropical climate

Weather; Meteorology

In general, a climatic zone with a climate typical of equatorial and tropical regions; that is, one with continually high temperatures and with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the ...

partly cloudy

Weather; Meteorology

1. In U. S. Climatological practice, the character of a day's weather when the average cloudiness, as determined from frequent observations, has been from 0. 4 to 0. 7 for the 24-hour period. Compare ...

Muskingum method

Weather; Meteorology

An approximate hydrological method of flood routing through a reach of river, based on the equation of continuity and a storage equation expressing the linear dependence of the water volume in the ...

momentum transfer

Weather; Meteorology

Transport of a property of air known as momentum, which is the product of mass and velocity of the air, from one location to another.

disturbed soil sample

Weather; Meteorology

A sample of soil that does not preserve the pore structure and bulk density of the parent material.

depth–area–duration curves

Weather; Meteorology

Depth–area curves for different time intervals.

spectral function

Weather; Meteorology

The Fourier representation of a given function, that is, the Fourier transform if the given function is aperiodic, or the set of coefficients of the Fourier series if the given function is periodic. ...

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