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Mechanical equivalent of heat
Weather; Meteorology
The amount of mechanical work necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass of water by 1 degree Celsius. In modern usage it is the heat capacity of water, which at room temperature is 4186 ...
Joule's constant
Weather; Meteorology
The amount of mechanical work necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass of water by 1 degree Celsius. In modern usage it is the heat capacity of water, which at room temperature is 4186 ...
Material coordinates
Weather; Meteorology
1. A system of coordinates by which fluid parcels are identified for all time by assigning them coordinates that do not vary with time. Examples of such coordinates are 1) the values of any ...
Lagrangian coordinates
Weather; Meteorology
1. A system of coordinates by which fluid parcels are identified for all time by assigning them coordinates that do not vary with time. Examples of such coordinates are 1) the values of any ...
Labbé
Weather; Meteorology
A moderate to strong southwest wind in Provence (southeastern France), mild, humid, and very cloudy or rainy. On the coast it raises a rough sea. It is not frequent, occurring only in March. In the ...
Krakatoa winds
Weather; Meteorology
A layer of easterly winds over the Tropics at an altitude of about 18–24 km. This layer tops the midtropospheric westerlies (the antitrades), is at least 6 km deep, and is based at about 2 km above ...
Kossava
Weather; Meteorology
A cold, very squally wind, descending from the east or southeast in the region of the Danube "Iron Gate" through the Carpathians, continuing westward over Belgrade, thence spreading northward to the ...
