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Max-wind topography
Weather; Meteorology
The topography of the surface of maximum wind speed. The contours of maximum-wind height form one of the sets of lines on an analysed maximum- wind and shear chart. See maximum-wind level.
Mean day-to-day variation
Weather; Meteorology
Mean of the absolute values of the differences between the daily means of a climate element on two successive days.
Mean high water
Weather; Meteorology
The average level of all high waters at a place over a 19-year period. See mean sea level.
Mean high water springs
Weather; Meteorology
Average spring tide high water level, averaged over a sufficiently long period.
Maximum zonal westerlies
Weather; Meteorology
The average west-to-east component of wind over the continuous 20- degree belt of latitude in which this average is a maximum. It is usually found, in the winter season, in the vicinity of 40–60°N ...
Maximum unambiguous range
Weather; Meteorology
The maximum range from which a transmitted radar, lidar, or sodar pulse can be reflected and received before the next pulse is transmitted. This range, ''r'' max, is given by ''r'' max = ...
