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Japan current
Weather; Meteorology
One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along ...
Kuroshio
Weather; Meteorology
One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along ...
Compressional wave
Weather; Meteorology
An irrotational plane wave A parallel to the propagation direction in the sense that if A = A0exp(ik • x − iωt), where k is the wave vector, then k × A = 0. An example is an acoustic wave in ...
Longitudinal wave
Weather; Meteorology
An irrotational plane wave A parallel to the propagation direction in the sense that if A = A0exp(ik • x − iωt), where k is the wave vector, then k × A = 0. An example is an acoustic wave in ...
Laser
Weather; Meteorology
A device that produces a narrow beam of electromagnetic energy by recirculating an internal beam many times through an amplifying medium, each time adding a small amount of energy to the ...
George's index
Weather; Meteorology
A stability index that is a measure of thunderstorm potential based on temperature lapse rate, moisture content of the lower troposphere, and the vertical extent of the moist layer. The K index is ...
K index
Weather; Meteorology
A stability index that is a measure of thunderstorm potential based on temperature lapse rate, moisture content of the lower troposphere, and the vertical extent of the moist layer. The K index is ...
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