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A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.
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Optically homogeneous
Weather; Meteorology
Homogeneous on the scale of the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation of interest. Pure liquid water is optically homogeneous over the visible spectrum because one cubic wavelength of water ...
Optically smooth
Weather; Meteorology
Smooth on the scale of the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation of interest. No surface is absolutely smooth, if for no other reason than matter is composed of molecules in motion. An ...
Oxidising capacity of atmosphere
Weather; Meteorology
The ability of the atmosphere to cleanse itself of terrestrial, often organic, emissions. The degradation of most organic compounds is an oxidation process initiated by attack by a hydroxyl radical. ...
Overturn
Weather; Meteorology
The mixing of a stratified body of water due to density changes, usually caused by temperature changes.
Electro-optical particle probe
Weather; Meteorology
Any of a class of instruments for sizing and counting large numbers of individual aerosols or hydrometeors to characterise populations, or also for imaging and classifying the shapes of individual ...
Optical particle probe
Weather; Meteorology
Any of a class of instruments for sizing and counting large numbers of individual aerosols or hydrometeors to characterise populations, or also for imaging and classifying the shapes of individual ...
Numerical dispersion
Weather; Meteorology
The separation of different Fourier components of a finite-difference approximation into a train of oscillations that travel with different speeds. Numerical dispersion occurs whenever the dispersion ...