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Frontolysis

Weather; General weather

The destruction or dying of a front where the transition zone is losing its contrasting properties. The opposite of frontogenesis.

Red tide

Weather; General weather

A phenomena that occurs near the surface of the sea and is caused by an abnormal growth of dinoflagellates, single-celled plankton. The toxin secreted by the dinoflagellates is capable of killing ...

The measure of the strength of the westerly winds of the middle latitudes. It is expressed as the horizontal pressure difference between 35 degrees and 55 degrees latitude, or as the corresponding ...

Altimeter setting

Weather; General weather

The pressure value to which an aircraft altimeter scale is set so that it will indicate the altitude above mean sea level of an aircraft on the ground at the location for which the value was ...

Landspout

Weather; General weather

A small, weak tornado, which is not formed by a storm-scale rotation. It is generally weaker than a supercell tornado and is not associated with a wall cloud or mesocyclone. It may be observed ...

Climate analysis centre (cac)

Weather; General weather

The U.S. National Weather Service division that applies new technology and approaches to the analysis, diagnosis, and projection of short term climate fluctuations on a regional and global basis. For ...