Meteorology

Meteorology

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

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Meteorology

An image formed when the atmosphere behaves as a lens. Mirages have a very small angular extent compared with that of the sky: They are normally seen near the horizon and involve image displacements ...

Minuano

Weather; Meteorology

A cold southwesterly wind blowing in the winter (June through September) in the coastal region of southern Brazil, the country of the Minuano Indians. It is a weak pampero. Compare reboyo.

Mintra

Weather; Meteorology

Highest temperature, for a particular pressure, at which a condensation trail can form.

Minor trough

Weather; Meteorology

A pressure trough of smaller scale than a long-wave trough. It ordinarily moves rapidly and is associated with a migratory cyclonic disturbance in the lower troposphere. See short wave.

Misoscale

Weather; Meteorology

On a scale of 40 m to 4 km.

Mirror nephoscope

Weather; Meteorology

A nephoscope in which the motion of the cloud is observed by its reflection in a mirror. A representative instrument consists of a black mirror disk, engraved with special concentric circles ...

Mist

Weather; Meteorology

1. A suspension in the air consisting of an aggregate of microscopic water droplets or wet hygroscopic particles (of diameter not less than 0. 5 mm or 0. 02 in. ), reducing the visibility at the ...