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West wind drift
Weather; Meteorology
The eastward current that forms the northern part of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. It originates from the Kuroshio Extension east of the Emperor Seamounts (170°W) and maintains the Arctic Polar ...
Northwester
Weather; Meteorology
(Often contracted nor'wester. ) A northwesterly wind (as Canterbury northwester). See also kal Baisakhi.
Norther
Weather; Meteorology
A northerly wind; in general, a cold windstorm from the north. The term has several specific applications: 1) In the southern United States, especially in Texas (Texas norther), in the Gulf of ...
Normal chart
Weather; Meteorology
In meteorology, any chart that shows the distribution of the official normal values of a meteorological element. Compare mean chart.
Normalise
Weather; Meteorology
1. To change in scale so that the sum of squares, or the integral of the square, of the transformed quantity is unity. See orthogonal functions. 2. To transform a random variable so that the ...
Normal water
Weather; Meteorology
A seawater preparation, the chlorinity of which lies between 19. 30 and 19. 50 grammes per kilogramme (or per mille) and has been determined to within ±0. 001 per mille. Normal water is used as a ...
