Synoptic

Synoptic

Descriptive of data simultaneously obtained over a large area.

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Category: Physical oceanography
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synoptic

Weather; Meteorology

1. In general, pertaining to or affording an overall view. In meteorology, this term has become somewhat specialized in referring to the use of meteorological data obtained ...

synoptic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of data simultaneously obtained over a large area.

synoptic

Language; Dictionaries

Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.

synoptic type

Weather; Meteorology

A characteristic atmospheric circulation that occurs in a region from time to time.

synoptic report

Weather; Meteorology

An encoded and transmitted synoptic weather observation.

synoptic station

Weather; Meteorology

A station at which meteorological observations are made for the purposes of synoptic analysis. The observations are made at the main synoptic times of 0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC ...

oceanography

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The scientific study and exploration of the ocean and of the plants and animals that live in it.

ocean

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The body of salt water that covers about 70 percent of the Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean.

saltwater

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Containing water that is very salty. Oceans are saltwater bodies that are fed mainly by rivers.

red tide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A reddish-brown area in a body of water, such as ocean or river. Red tides are caused by a sudden increase in dinoflagellates.

pseudospectral method

Earth science; Physical oceanography

In numerical modeling, an approximation which uses interpolating functions to estimate derivatives of fields represented on a grid in physical space. It is so-called because the ...

flux Richardson number

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A dimensionless number expressing the ratio of turbulent energy lost to buoyant forces to the energy gained by eddy stress acting on the mean shear. It is the crucial ...

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