Meteorology

Meteorology

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

Contributors in Meteorology

Meteorology

1. The solid portion of the earth, as compared to the atmosphere and the hydrosphere. 2. In plate tectonics, a layer of strength relative to the underlying asthenosphere for deformation at geologic ...

Leaching

Weather; Meteorology

1. The removal of materials in solution from soil, rock, or waste. 2. Separation or dissolving out of soluble constituents from a porous medium by percolation of water.

Lag

Weather; Meteorology

1. That part of the difference between the output of an instrument and its input that is due to the failure of the instrument to respond instantaneously to variations of the input signal. It is a ...

Lacunaris

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud variety characterised more by the appearance of the spaces between the cloud elements than by the elements themselves. The gaps are generally rounded and often have fringed edges. The overall ...

Lacunosus

Weather; Meteorology

Lidar

Weather; Meteorology

An instrument combining a pulsed laser transmitter and optical receiver (usually a telescope) with an electronic signal processing unit used for the detection and ranging of various distant targets ...

Kalman philtre

Weather; Meteorology

A four-dimensional data assimilation method that provides an estimate of the model state by evolving explicitly the error covariance of the state estimate. Variants of the Kalman philtre algorithm ...