Meteorology

Meteorology

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

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

A method of approximating unknown turbulence quantities, such as covariances, by sums or integrals (over the whole domain of turbulence) of known quantities. This mimics the effects of a spectrum of ...

Noise filtering

Weather; Meteorology

The removal of components of a numerical solution of the hydrodynamical equations that correspond to time or space scales not of immediate interest. See Kalman–Bucy filter, meteorological noise.

Noise figure

Weather; Meteorology

A number by which the performance of a radio receiver can be specified. Essentially, the noise figure is the ratio of the noise generated by the actual receiver to the noise output of an "ideal" ...

Luminous clouds

Weather; Meteorology

Thin silvery-blue cirrus-like clouds frequently seen during summer twilight conditions at high latitudes (above 50°) in both hemispheres. They are the highest visible clouds in the atmosphere, ...

Nodal factors

Weather; Meteorology

Small adjustments to the amplitudes and phases of harmonic tidal constituents to allow for modulations over an approximate 18. 61-year cycle, the period of a nodal tidal cycle.