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

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Equilibrium level

Weather; Meteorology

The level at which an air parcel, rising or descending adiabatically, attains the same density as its environment.

Level of neutral buoyancy

Weather; Meteorology

The level at which an air parcel, rising or descending adiabatically, attains the same density as its environment.

Local establishment

Weather; Meteorology

An old term for the interval of time at a particular location, between the transit (upper or lower) of the moon and the next semidiurnal high water. This varies slightly during a spring-neap tidal ...

Lunitidal interval

Weather; Meteorology

An old term for the interval of time at a particular location, between the transit (upper or lower) of the moon and the next semidiurnal high water. This varies slightly during a spring-neap tidal ...

Kolmogorov's similarity hypotheses

Weather; Meteorology

Statements of the factors determining the transfer and dissipation of kinetic energy at the high wavenumber end of the spectrum of turbulence. Kolmogorov considers the large anisotropic eddies as the ...

Kona cyclone

Weather; Meteorology

A slow-moving, extensive cyclone that forms in subtropical latitudes during the winter season. See kona.

Kona storm

Weather; Meteorology

A slow-moving, extensive cyclone that forms in subtropical latitudes during the winter season. See kona.

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