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Snow creep
Weather; General weather
A continuous, extremely slow, downhill movement of a layer of snow.
Buys ballot's law
Weather; General weather
Describes the relationship of the horizontal wind direction to the pressure distribution. In the Northern Hemisphere, if one stands with one's back to the wind,the pressure on one's left is lower ...
Snow banner
Weather; General weather
A plume of snow blown off a mountain crest, resembling smoke blowing from a volcano.
Boyle's law
Weather; General weather
States that when the temperature is held constant, the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. Therefore, if the pressure increases, the volume decreases and visa versa. For ...
Hypothermia
Weather; General weather
Occurs when the core temperature of one's body falls below normal. It is the failure of the body to maintain adequate production of heat under conditions of extreme cold.
Snow blindness
Weather; General weather
Temporary blindness or impaired vision that results from bright sunlight reflected off the snow surface. The medical term is niphablepsia.
Bright band
Weather; General weather
A narrow, intense radar echo due to water-covered ice particles at the melting level where reflectivity is at its greatest.
