Meteorology

Meteorology

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Laminar flow

Weather; Meteorology

A flow regime in which fluid motion is smooth and orderly, and in which adjacent layers or laminas slip past each other with little mixing between them. Exchange of material across laminar layers ...

Juran

Weather; Meteorology

A wind blowing from the Jura Mountains in Switzerland from the northwest toward Lake Geneva. It is cold and snowy and may be very turbulent, especially in spring.

Jauk

Weather; Meteorology

A local name for the foehn in the Klagenfurt basin of Austria. It may come from the south but is developed as a north foehn.

Jauch

Weather; Meteorology

A local name for the foehn in the Klagenfurt basin of Austria. It may come from the south but is developed as a north foehn.

Coniscope

Weather; Meteorology

An instrument that indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere.

M component

Weather; Meteorology

In a lightning discharge, an increase in channel luminosity accompanied by a rapid electric field variation, itself called an M electric field change. The M components occur when the channel is ...