Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Output

Weather; Meteorology

The quantity that is delivered by an instrument or a component of an instrument; used in contradistinction to the input.

Overcast

Weather; Meteorology

1. Descriptive of a sky cover of 1. 0 (95% or more) when at least a portion of this amount is attributable to clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft; that is, when the total sky cover is not due ...

Outlook

Weather; Meteorology

Issued to indicate that a hazardous weather or hydrologic event may develop. It is intended to provide information to those who need considerable lead time to prepare for the event.

When a plane wave is incident on a uniaxial medium (an anisotropic medium with two equivalent orthogonal directions), two transmitted waves result: the ordinary ray (or wave), the phase velocity of ...

Ordinary ray

Weather; Meteorology

Osmosis

Weather; Meteorology

The process by which a solvent is allowed to diffuse through a semipermeable membrane from a solution of higher concentration to one of lower concentration.

Oscillator

Weather; Meteorology

The general term for an electrical device that generates alternating currents or voltages. The oscillator is classified according to the frequency of the generated signal.