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... | rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow | [] | [
"flood"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,134 |
201 | Fluorescence | Fluorescence | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Fluorescence | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q191807 | fluorescence | no_definition | emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light | [] | [
"luminescence",
" color"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 98,686 |
202 | foehn | FOEHN | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | foehn | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12314 | foehn wind | A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range. The heating and drying are due to adiabatic compression as the wind descend downslope. | a warm, dry, downslope wind descending the lee side of the Alps as a result of synoptic-scale, cross-barrier flow over the mountain range | [
"wind"
] | [] | r | [
"natural phenomenon",
"fall wind"
] | 1,753 |
203 | fog | fog | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-617?rskey=3J155p&result=757 | oxford_adow | fog | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37477 | fog | A visible suspension of water droplets in the atmosphere near the surface, and defined by international agreement as reducing visibility to less than 1 km (...
... | atmospheric phenomenon | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"aerosol",
" stratus",
" hydrometeor"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 20,006 |
204 | force | force | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2506?rskey=UmLDLl&result=766 | oxford_adow | force | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11402 | force | no_definition | physical influence that tends to cause an object to change motion unless opposed by other forces | [] | [] | r | [
"physical quantity",
"vector quantity",
"ISQ derived quantity"
] | 112,030 |
205 | forecast | forecast | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2508?rskey=UmLDLl&result=768 | oxford_adow | forecast | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q748250 | prediction | A prediction of the expected weather conditions for a certain period of time ahead. Depending on their intended use, forecasts may be prepared for a particular area, place, or route between two places. Forecasts may also be classified according to the length of time covered: short-term forecasts, 24 hours to 3 days; ..... | statement about an uncertain event, which is often based upon experience or knowledge | [] | [] | r | [
"occurrence"
] | 91,639 |
206 | Forestry | Forestry | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Forestry | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q38112 | forestry | no_definition | science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits | [
"academic discipline",
" field of study",
" specialty",
" industry"
] | [
"agriculture and forestry",
" engineering"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 34,217 |
207 | freezing rain | freezing rain | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2527?rskey=gzvYrs&result=788 | oxford_adow | freezing rain | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11120024 | freezing rain | *Rain that falls as liquid droplets, but which freezes on contact with the ground, trees, or other objects that are below 0 °C, creating a layer of ...
... | rain, whose water is supercooled | [] | [
"rain"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 863 |
208 | frequency | frequency | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | frequency | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11652 | frequency | The number of full wave forms (each with one peak and one trough) that occur within a defined
interval of time (usually 1 year). Also, the inverse of the
period. | number of occurrences or cycles per time | [] | [] | r | [
"physical quantity",
"scalar quantity",
"reciprocal duration"
] | 347,994 |
209 | friction | friction | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2529?rskey=gzvYrs&result=791 | oxford_adow | friction | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q82580 | friction | The mechanical resistance that occurs between two substances that are in motion relative to one another; between a fluid medium and any object in contact with it (including another fluid), and between adjacent layers in a single medium. In meteorology the effects of friction are particularly important in the flow of ai... | force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other | [] | [
"surface force",
" nonconservative force",
" contact force",
" resistance force"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 24,776 |
210 | front | front | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2532?rskey=gzvYrs&result=794 | oxford_adow | front | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q189796 | weather front | The boundary or zone of transition between two *air masses of different temperature or *humidity, which thus differ in density. Specific types of front are either features of the overall ...
... | boundary separating two masses of air of different densities | [
"interface"
] | [] | r | [] | 48,813 |
211 | frost | FROST | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | frost | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4590598 | frost | The formation of thin ice crystals on the ground or other surfaces in the form of scales, needles, feathers, or fans. Frost develops under conditions similar to dew, except the temperatures are colder. | coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight | [
"ice"
] | [] | r | [
"phenomenon",
"hydrometeor"
] | 14,089 |
212 | frost heave | frost heave | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2541?rskey=7jaOzX&result=805 | oxford_adow | frost heave | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1432833 | frost heaving | The disturbance of the surface of the ground when water, freezing in the form of ice lenses, expands with consequent movement of the soil. The mechanism is involved in the formation of polygonal ground (regular patterns of stones) in Arctic and ...
... | results from ice forming beneath the surface of soil during freezing conditions | [] | [] | r | [
"natural phenomenon"
] | 465 |
213 | fusion | fusion | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2552?rskey=7jaOzX&result=817 | oxford_adow | fusion | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106080 | melting | Another term for melting.
... | phase change from solid to liquid | [] | [] | r | [
"liquefaction",
"phase change"
] | 69,258 |
214 | gamma radiation | gamma radiation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2558?rskey=MHKZIZ&result=825 | oxford_adow | gamma radiation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11523 | gamma ray | The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the X-ray region, where photons have the shortest wavelengths (<0.01nm, approximately) and the highest energies (100 keV to >10 GeV). Gamma rays most commonly arise through radioactive decay of atomic nuclei (of ...
... | electromagnetic radiation of high frequency and therefore high energy | [
"type of quantum particle",
"electromagnetic radiation"
] | [] | r | [
"radiation"
] | 366 |
215 | GARP | GARP | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2560?rskey=MHKZIZ&result=829 | oxford_adow | GARP | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16251355 | Global Association of Risk Professionals | no_definition | membership association for risk managers | [
"professional association"
] | [] | o | [] | 1,084 |
216 | GCM | Gcm | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | GCM | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q650994 | general circulation model | no_definition | type of climate model | [
"climate model"
] | [] | r | [
"climate model"
] | 47,127 |
217 | gelsolin | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | gelsolin | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18297560 | GSN | no_definition | protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens | [
"gene"
] | [] | r | [
"protein-coding gene"
] | 1,147 |
218 | general circulation model | general circulation model | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2567?rskey=MHKZIZ&result=838 | oxford_adow | general circulation model | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q650994 | general circulation model | A complex computer program that simulates the behaviour of the *general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere or oceans (or both). Such models are used for the investigation of individual phenomena, and also for modelling ...
... | type of climate model | [
"climate model"
] | [
"climate model"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,282 |
219 | geomagnetic field | geomagnetic field | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2573?rskey=q4coXf&result=845 | oxford_adow | geomagnetic field | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6500960 | Earth's magnetic field | The magnetic field that is generated within the Earth and extends out into space. The precise details of the mechanism by which the field is produced remain uncertain, but the dynamo action is believed to arise from circulating vortices in the liquid core....
... | magnetic field that extends from the Earth's inner core to where it meets the solar wind | [
"planetary magnetic field"
] | [] | r | [
"magnetism"
] | 1,210 |
220 | geomagnetism | Geomagnetism | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | geomagnetism | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q114591 | geomagnetism | no_definition | aspect of geophysics which deals with the natural earth magnetic field or the effect of artificial (technically produced) magnetic fields on the earth's crust | [
"branch of physics"
] | [
"geophysics"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 85 |
221 | geophysics | geophysics | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2576?rskey=q4coXf&result=848 | oxford_adow | geophysics | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46255 | geophysics | The study of all aspects of the physical properties of the Earth. The discipline involves such fields as geology, *...
... | study of physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity | [
"academic discipline",
" academic major",
" branch of science"
] | [
"geology",
" physics"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 948 |
222 | geopotential height | geopotential height | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2577?rskey=q4coXf&result=849 | oxford_adow | geopotential height | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12432978 | geopotential height | A measure of the altitude of a point or layer in the atmosphere. Technically, it is expressed in terms of the ...
... | Measurement of height that adjusts for the variation of gravity with latitude and altitude | [] | [
"height"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 21,961 |
223 | geostrophic wind | Geostrophic wind | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | geostrophic wind | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q929043 | geostrophic wind | A theoretical horizontal wind blowing in a straight path, parallel to the isobars or contours, at a constant
speed. The geostrophic wind results when the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure
gradient force.
| theoretical wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient force | [] | [
"wind"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,366 |
224 | glacier | glacier | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3823?rskey=wyf1nE&result=865 | oxford_adow | glacier | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q35666 | glacier | A large body of ice that has resulted from the accumulation of snow over mountains or a central land mass, and which moves downhill under the influence of gravity. Glaciers transport large quantities of material derived from surrounding rocks, and carve out characteristic U-shaped valleys. At the edge of an ...
... | large persistent body of ice | [] | [] | r | [
"perennial ice or snow‐covered land",
"ice cover"
] | 26,132 |
225 | glaciology | glaciology | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2589?rskey=wyf1nE&result=867 | oxford_adow | glaciology | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q52120 | glaciology | The study of all aspects of ice and snow, especially as they occur in *glaciers, *ice caps, and ...
... | study of glaciers | [
"branch of geology",
" academic major",
" field of study"
] | [
"hydrology",
" geology"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 126 |
226 | glia | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | glia | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177105 | neuroglia | no_definition | type of cells in nervous system | [
"cell type"
] | [] | o | [
"set of cells",
"cell",
"neural cell"
] | 4,581 |
227 | global dimming | global dimming | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2594?rskey=wyf1nE&result=877 | oxford_adow | global dimming | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q211627 | global dimming | A decrease in the amount of solar *radiation reaching the Earth's surface, primarily caused by the haze produced by industrialization. This phenomenon, which occurred from the 1950s to the 1980s, and is now thought to have come to an end, partially offset ...
... | gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface; approx. 4% reduction over 1960–1990; caused by an increase in atmospheric particulates (e.g. sulfate aerosols) due to human action | [
"atmospheric phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 348 |
228 | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3824?rskey=EwB7Dt&result=883 | oxford_adow | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1425042 | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment | An instrument carried by the European satellite ERS-2 for mapping the global *ozone layer. Its two-dimensional mapping function was extended to three dimensions by the more sophisticated equipment carried by ...
... | spacecraft instrument | [] | [
"space instrument",
" spectrometer"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 296 |
229 | global radiation | global radiation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2599?rskey=EwB7Dt&result=886 | oxford_adow | global radiation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1531731 | solar irradiance | The overall total of solar direct and indirect radiation as received by a horizontal surface.
... | power per area received from the sun | [
"measured quantity value"
] | [] | r | [] | 2,090 |
230 | global warming | Global warming | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | global warming | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7942 | climate change | Increasing global surface air temperatures that show up in the climate record. The term global warming is
usually attributed to human activities, such as increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from
automobiles and industrial processes, for example.
| current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns due to man-made gasocrine processes. | [
"environmental issue",
"human impact on the environment",
"atmospheric phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"external risk",
"global climate change"
] | 34,616 |
231 | glomeruli | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | glomeruli | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q909882 | glomerulus | no_definition | functional unit of nephron | [
"class of anatomical entity"
] | [] | r | [
"region of uriniferous tubule",
"particular anatomical entity"
] | 2,118 |
232 | GMS | GMS | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2605?rskey=EwB7Dt&result=893 | oxford_adow | GMS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2246672 | Greater Mekong Subregion | A series of Japanese *geostationary satellites, stationed at 140° E.
... | trans-national region of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia | [
"geographic region"
] | [] | o | [] | 2,175 |
233 | GOES | GOES | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2608?rskey=EwB7Dt&result=897 | oxford_adow | GOES | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q976688 | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | A series of *geostationary meteorological satellites launched by the United States, normally with two operational satellites at any time: GOES-E at longitude 75° W, and GOES-W at 135° W....
... | United States weather forecasting satellite series | [
"spacecraft series",
"artificial satellite of the Earth"
] | [] | r | [
"weather satellite",
"geostationary satellite"
] | 15,801 |
234 | GOME | GOME | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2609?rskey=EwB7Dt&result=900 | oxford_adow | GOME | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1425042 | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment | no_definition | spacecraft instrument | [] | [] | r | [
"spectrometer",
"space instrument"
] | 4,426 |
235 | GPM | GPM | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4113?rskey=PFCEws&result=905 | oxford_adow | GPM | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3108963 | Global Precipitation Measurement | no_definition | NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project to measure global rainfall | [
"Earth observation satellite"
] | [] | r | [] | 6,935 |
236 | GPS | Gps | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | GPS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18822 | Global Positioning System | no_definition | American satellite-based radio navigation service | [
"radionavigation-satellite service",
"global navigation satellite system"
] | [] | r | [
"avionics",
"positioning system"
] | 16,787 |
237 | gradient | gradient | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2614?rskey=PFCEws&result=907 | oxford_adow | gradient | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q173582 | gradient | The variation in a specific parameter with respect to distance. In meteorology, generally taken to be a two-dimensional property, although three-dimensional gradients may become significant in the study of individual phenomena. Of particular importance are ...
... | multi-variable generalization of the derivative | [
"mathematical expression"
] | [
"vector gradient",
" vector operator",
" differential operator"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 131,432 |
238 | Grass | Grass | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Grass | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q643352 | grass | no_definition | common name for a group of plants. For the taxonomic class see Q43238 | [
"organisms known by a particular common name",
" plant life-form"
] | [
"plant"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 25,778 |
239 | Graupel | graupel | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-731?rskey=PFCEws&result=911 | oxford_adow | Graupel | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q213202 | graupel | Frozen *precipitation in the form of opaque *snow pellets produced when *supercooled water droplets collide and freeze. Typical diameters are 2–5 mm....
... | precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water freeze on a falling snowflake | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"precipitation"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,077 |
240 | greenhouse effect | Greenhouse effect | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | greenhouse effect | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41560 | greenhouse effect | The warming of an atmosphere by its absorbing and emitting infrared radiation while allowing shortwave
radiation to pass on through. The gases mainly responsible for the earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect
are water vapor and carbon dioxide. See Atmospheric greenhouse effect.
| atmospheric phenomenon | [
"meteorological phenomenon",
" meteorology"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,175 |
241 | greenhouse gas | greenhouse gas | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2623?rskey=PFCEws&result=918 | oxford_adow | greenhouse gas | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q167336 | greenhouse gas | Any of the various gases that exert a *greenhouse effect, particularly those present in the Earth's atmosphere, the most significant of which are ...
... | gas in an atmosphere of a planet (usually Earth) that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range and causes the greenhouse effect | [] | [
"radiatively active gas"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 21,408 |
242 | Groundwater | Groundwater | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Groundwater | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q161598 | groundwater | no_definition | water located beneath the ground surface | [] | [
"land waters",
" raw water"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 188,300 |
243 | Gulf Stream | Gulf Stream | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2635?rskey=xehMau&result=932 | oxford_adow | Gulf Stream | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130905 | Gulf Stream | The portion of the North Atlantic *gyre that lies between the point where the *Antilles and *Florida Currents...
... | Atlantic ocean current | [
"ocean current"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,221 |
244 | gyre | gyre | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-755?rskey=xehMau&result=939 | oxford_adow | gyre | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1250263 | ocean gyre | The large-scale circulation formed by the wind-driven surface currents within the major ocean basins. The main gyres are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern. They are centred at approximately 30° N and 30° S and, because of the Earth's rotation, are stronger on the western sides of ... | large system of rotating ocean currents | [] | [] | r | [
"ocean current",
"vortex"
] | 8,881 |
245 | Hadley Circulation | Hadley Circulation | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | Hadley Circulation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q338589 | Hadley cell | thermally driven meridional circulation in the atmosphere consisting of poleward flow in the upper troposphere, subsiding air over high pressure regions of the subtropics, a return surface flow as part of the trade winds, and rising air in the Intertropical Convergence Zone . | tropical atmospheric circulation feature | [
"cellular circulation"
] | [] | r | [] | 4,315 |
246 | hail | HAIL | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | hail | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37602 | hail | Precipitation of small balls or other pieces of ice (hailstones) falling separately or frozen together in irregular lumps. (Typically associated with thunderstorms and surface temperatures above freezing). | type of precipitation formed out of ice | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"precipitation"
] | 8,264 |
247 | half-life | half-life | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2647?rskey=Xj3KRy&result=948 | oxford_adow | half-life | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47270 | half-life | The period of time taken for half the atomic nuclei in any given sample of a radioactive element to decay. Half-lives range from a fraction of a second to many thousands of years. ...
... | mean duration after which a decaying quantity has reached half of its initial value | [] | [
"duration",
" scalar quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 8,794 |
248 | harmonics | harmonics | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | harmonics | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1148098 | harmonic | Secondary cycles related to a wavelike cli- matic response with a period N , occurring at periods of N /2, N /3, N /4, and so on. | component of a wave whose frequency is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | [
"multiple"
] | [] | r | [
"frequency"
] | 8,060 |
249 | Haze | Haze | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | Haze | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q643546 | haze | Fine dry or wet dust or salt particles dispersed through a portion of the atmosphere. Individually these are
not visible but cumulatively they will diminish visibility. Dry haze particles are very small, on the order of 0.1
mm. Wet haze particles are larger.
| atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky | [] | [
"atmospheric optical phenomenon",
" natural phenomenon"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 13,436 |
250 | Headwaters | Headwaters | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Headwaters | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7376362 | river source | no_definition | start of a river or stream | [
"source type"
] | [] | r | [
"beginning of a watercourse",
"spring",
"geographical feature"
] | 2,989 |
251 | heat capacity | Heat capacity | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | heat capacity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q179388 | heat capacity | no_definition | thermal property describing the energy required to change a material's temperature | [] | [
"extensive quantity",
" thermodynamic material property",
" physical quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 7,061 |
252 | heat index | heat index | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4120?rskey=O1g5S7&result=967 | oxford_adow | heat index | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2141844 | heat index | An index combining temperature and humidity to provide an indication of the apparent temperature at some other value of humidity....
... | temperature index that accounts for the effects of humidity | [
"meteorological index"
] | [
"apparent temperature"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 606 |
253 | helium | Helium | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | helium | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q560 | helium | no_definition | chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2; rare gas | [
"chemical element",
"atmophile element"
] | [
"Haskell"
] | r | [
"nonmetal",
"noble gases",
"s-block"
] | 3,456 |
254 | Hf | Hf | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_4.html | ametsoc_g | Hf | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15115271 | high frequency | no_definition | range 3-30 MHz of the electromagnetic spectrum | [
"ITU radio band"
] | [] | r | [] | 13,575 |
255 | Holocene | Holocene | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | Holocene | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25445 | Holocene | the last 11,650 years of Earth’s history, a relatively warm period following the last glacial maximum. | current geological epoch, covering the last 11,700 years | [
"epoch",
" series"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 14,724 |
256 | humidity | humidity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2696?rskey=D0lF3m&result=1011 | oxford_adow | humidity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q180600 | humidity | A measure of the *water vapour content of the air, and generally taken to be the *relative humidity...
... | amount of water vapor in the air | [] | [
"climatic factor",
" intensive quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 110,184 |
257 | hurricane | hurricane | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3826?rskey=D0lF3m&result=1014 | oxford_adow | hurricane | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34439356 | hurricane | The term is used for a *tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic, Caribbean, or eastern Pacific.
... | group of tropical storms of the Atlantic and east Pacific basins with sustained wind speeds > 64 kt. Classified by Saffir–Simpson scale | [] | [] | r | [
"meteorological disaster"
] | 16,426 |
258 | hydrogen | hydrogen | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2702?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1022 | oxford_adow | hydrogen | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q556 | hydrogen | A flammable gas, the lightest element, consisting in its simplest form of one electron and one proton. There are two further ...
... | chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1 | [
"atmophile element",
" chemical element"
] | [
"nonmetal"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 77,660 |
259 | hydrologic cycle | HYDROLOGIC CYCLE | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | hydrologic cycle | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81041 | water cycle | the composite picture of the interchange of water substance between the earth, the atmosphere and the seas which includes the change of state and vertical and horizontal transport. | continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth | [] | [] | r | [
"biogeochemical cycle"
] | 2,129 |
260 | hydrological cycle | hydrological cycle | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2705?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1025 | oxford_adow | hydrological cycle | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81041 | water cycle | The transport of water in all its forms within and between the atmosphere, *cryosphere, *hydrosphere, and the Earth's surface. It is a closed cycle, although very small quantities of ...
... | continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth | [] | [] | r | [
"biogeochemical cycle"
] | 8,310 |
261 | hydrology | hydrology | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2706?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1026 | oxford_adow | hydrology | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q42250 | hydrology | The study of water in that portion of the *hydrological cycle that excludes specifically atmospheric processes. It therefore covers the effects and properties of water as ...
... | science that deals with the water above, on and below the land surface of the earth | [
"academic discipline",
" branch of science",
" specialty"
] | [
"science"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 19,853 |
262 | hydrolysis | hydrolysis | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | hydrolysis | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q103135 | hydrolysis | A form of chemical weathering in which wa-
ter reacts with silicate minerals (those rich in silicon and
oxygen) to produce dissolved ions removed in rivers and
clays left on the landscape. | cleavage of chemical bonds by the addition of water | [] | [
"chemical reaction"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 28,535 |
263 | hydroxyl | hydroxyl | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2710?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1030 | oxford_adow | hydroxyl | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q104116 | hydroxyl | A molecule consisting of one hydrogen and one oxygen atom, created in the upper atmosphere by the *dissociation of water vapour into the hydroxyl radical and hydrogen....
... | chemical group | [
"functional group"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 13,943 |
264 | hypothermia | hypothermia | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4133?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1038 | oxford_adow | hypothermia | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1036696 | hypothermia | The loss of body core temperature, often as a result of exposure to extremely cold conditions or immersion in cold water....
... | human body core temperature below 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) | [
"symptom or sign",
" abnormally low value",
" cause of death",
" clinical sign",
" disease"
] | [
"neurological and physiological symptom"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 587 |
265 | hypothesis | hypothesis | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | hypothesis | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41719 | hypothesis | An explanation of observations based on
physical principles. | proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem | [] | [
"work",
" premise",
" proposition"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 115,864 |
266 | IASI | IASI | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2719?rskey=FtJFx3&result=1040 | oxford_adow | IASI | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1623073 | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer | no_definition | spacecraft meteorological instrument | [
"space instrument"
] | [] | r | [
"meteorological instrument",
"Fourier transform spectrometer"
] | 3,459 |
267 | Ice | Ice | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Ice | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23392 | ice | no_definition | water frozen into the solid state | [
"type of chemical entity"
] | [
"solid",
" water"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 326,662 |
268 | ice sheet | ice sheet | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-845?rskey=15pQGy&result=1062 | oxford_adow | ice sheet | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12599 | ice sheet | no_definition | large mass of glacier ice | [] | [
"ice cap"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 11,108 |
269 | ice shelf | ice shelf | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2737?rskey=15pQGy&result=1063 | oxford_adow | ice shelf | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46966 | ice shelf | An extensive area of thick ice, fed by glaciers from a neighbouring *ice cap or *ice sheet, that extends outwards from the coast, and the outer portion of which is floating rather than being grounded on the sea-floor. At the seaward edge, calving produces large tabular ...
... | floating platform of ice on the ocean surface, at outlet of a glacier or ice sheet | [] | [
"glacier"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,619 |
270 | icing | icing | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2740?rskey=15pQGy&result=1068 | oxford_adow | icing | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12060664 | icing conditions | The deposition of ice on aircraft, in the form of *frost, *glaze, *rime, or a mixture of the two last. Icing most commonly occurs at temperatures just below freezing, and its rate increases with the ...
... | in aviation; atmospheric conditions that can lead to the formation of water ice on various surfaces | [
"cause of accident"
] | [
"regulation of sport"
] | r | [] | 3,442 |
271 | Image | Image | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Image | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q478798 | image | no_definition | artifact that depicts or records visual perception | [] | [
"two-dimensional object",
" artificial object"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 94,192 |
272 | IMERG | IMERG | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4141?rskey=15pQGy&result=1076 | oxford_adow | IMERG | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q121747699 | Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM | no_definition | [
"algorithm"
] | [] | r | [] | 7,032 | |
273 | index | Index | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | index | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1738991 | index number | no_definition | type of number | [] | [] | r | [
"index"
] | 272,002 |
274 | Indian Ocean Dipole | Indian Ocean Dipole | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2749?rskey=iLz2hI&result=1081 | oxford_adow | Indian Ocean Dipole | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1574518 | Indian Ocean Dipole | A tentatively identified and named *oscillation of *sea-surface temperatures and atmospheric *pressure between the eastern and western portions of the Indian Ocean which resembles a lesser version of the ...
... | irregular oscillation of sea-surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,901 |
275 | influenza | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | influenza | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2840 | influenza | no_definition | infectious disease caused by an influenza virus | [
"class of disease",
" infectious disease",
" symptom or sign"
] | [
"respiratory disease",
" Orthomyxoviridae infectious disease",
" Virus diseases of plants",
" acute viral respiratory tract infection",
" viral infectious disease",
" disease"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 16,872 |
276 | insolation | insolation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2758?rskey=iLz2hI&result=1092 | oxford_adow | insolation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q216973 | insolation | The solar radiation that is received at the Earth's surface per unit area. It varies according to latitude and, over the course of a year, with the season and also slightly because of the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit. There are also long-term changes because of suspected variations in the ...
... | exposure of surfaces to sunlight | [] | [
"irradiance"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 9,972 |
277 | instability | Instability | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | instability | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q405372 | instability | no_definition | characterized by some of the outputs or internal states growing without bounds | [
"type of property"
] | [
"risk source",
" state"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 32,678 |
278 | intensification | intensification | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2762?rskey=iLz2hI&result=1098 | oxford_adow | intensification | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q38178665 | intensification | The increase, with time, of the overall *pressure gradient around the centre of a system, such as the increase in pressure in an ...
... | act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense | [] | [
"process"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 19,332 |
279 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-872?rskey=epEnho&result=1101 | oxford_adow | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q171183 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | A panel of experts established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme and the *World Meteorological Organization with a mandate to assess knowledge of the climate system and ...
... | scientific intergovernmental body | [
"organization established by the United Nations",
" nonprofit organization",
" intergovernmental organization",
" environmental organization"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,276 |
280 | International Polar Year | International Polar Year | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-876?rskey=epEnho&result=1107 | oxford_adow | International Polar Year | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q784374 | International Polar Year | One of two periods, 1 August 1882 to 1 September 1883 (the First Polar Year, FPY), and 1 August 1932 to 31 August 1933 (the Second Polar Year, SPY), during which extensive meteorological, magnetic and auroral observations were carried out. The periods were chosen to coincide with times of ...
... | efforts with intensive research foci on the polar regions | [
"International Year"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 114 |
281 | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4147?rskey=epEnho&result=1108 | oxford_adow | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6052840 | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project | A long-term archive of data concerning cloud cover obtained from satellite data. The form of the archive, which was established in 1982, is standardized to facilitate climatic research....
... | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 917 | |
282 | internet | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | internet | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q75 | Internet | no_definition | global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols | [
"invention",
" computer network"
] | [
"telecommunications network"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,560 |
283 | Intertropical Convergence Zone | Intertropical Convergence Zone | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2772?rskey=epEnho&result=1112 | oxford_adow | Intertropical Convergence Zone | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q753858 | Intertropical Convergence Zone | The region over the tropical oceans where the *trade winds from the northern and southern hemispheres *converge, generally marked by a more or less continuous band of ...
... | Meteorological phenomenon | [
"geographic region"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,145 |
284 | inversion | inversion | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-883?rskey=epEnho&result=1116 | oxford_adow | inversion | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190096 | inversion | A point or layer at which the *lapse rate becomes zero, or changes sign. Note that technically, contrary to common usage, an inversion does not solely indicate an increase of temperature with height. There is an inversion at the ...
... | deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude | [
"atmospheric condition"
] | [
"inversion"
] | r | [
"temperature gradient"
] | 34,714 |
285 | inversion layer | inversion layer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2776?rskey=epEnho&result=1117 | oxford_adow | inversion layer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25615856 | inversion layer | A layer in which there is a temperature *inversion. Inversions frequently occur in *anticyclones, but are also common in ...
... | concept in meteorology | [] | [] | r | [
"atmospheric layer"
] | 2,026 |
286 | ionization | ionization | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2778?rskey=epEnho&result=1119 | oxford_adow | ionization | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190382 | ionization | The process by which an atom or molecule gains or loses one or more electrons and becomes negatively or positively charged. In the atmosphere, ionization occurs predominantly above 50 km, where it is caused by ...
... | process by which atoms or molecules acquire charge by gaining or losing electrons | [] | [
"phase change",
" chemical reaction"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 12,398 |
287 | IPCC | IPCC | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2780?rskey=cK4xUJ&result=1121 | oxford_adow | IPCC | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q171183 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | no_definition | scientific intergovernmental body | [
"organization established by the United Nations",
"environmental organization",
"intergovernmental organization",
"nonprofit organization"
] | [] | r | [] | 24,750 |
288 | Ir | Ir | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Ir | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11388 | infrared radiation | no_definition | electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light | [] | [] | r | [
"electromagnetic radiation"
] | 36,372 |
289 | iridescence | iridescence | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2782?rskey=cK4xUJ&result=1123 | oxford_adow | iridescence | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q957208 | iridescence | Brilliant colours that occur in certain clouds, most markedly as red and green tints, with occasional yellow and blue. Although arising from the same mechanism (...
... | property in which fine colors, changeable with the angle of view or angle of illumination, are produced on a surface by the interference of light that is reflected from both the front and back of a thin film | [
"optical phenomenon",
" color in nature",
" optical property"
] | [
"structural coloration"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 123 |
290 | Irrigation | Irrigation | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Irrigation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21893647 | irrigation | no_definition | flushing an area affected by a toxin with water or saline to remove the agent | [
"medical procedure type",
" first aid"
] | [
"water flush",
" medical procedure"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 120,674 |
291 | ISCCP | Isccp | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | ISCCP | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6052840 | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project | no_definition | [] | [] | r | [] | 7,753 | |
292 | Isoprene | Isoprene | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Isoprene | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q271943 | isoprene | no_definition | chemical compound | [
"type of chemical entity"
] | [
"biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon",
" diene"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 14,764 |
293 | isotope | isotope | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-920?rskey=FsYhsK&result=1158 | oxford_adow | isotope | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25276 | isotope | A chemical element that exists in two or more forms with different atomic masses, i.e. as atoms that have identical numbers of protons within their nuclei, but differing numbers of neutrons. The majority of elements consist of a mixture of isotopes, e.g. carbon, which has six protons, but six, seven, or eight neutrons,... | nuclides having the same atomic number but different mass numbers | [
"second-order class"
] | [
"nuclide"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 39,605 |
294 | ITCZ | Itcz | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | ITCZ | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q753858 | Intertropical Convergence Zone | no_definition | Meteorological phenomenon | [
"geographic region"
] | [] | r | [] | 24,941 |
295 | Jacobian | Jacobian | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | Jacobian | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q506041 | Jacobian matrix | no_definition | the matrix of all first-order partial derivatives of a vector-valued function | [] | [] | o | [
"matrix"
] | 2,287 |
296 | Jason-1 | Jason-1 | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2817?rskey=CNmd13&result=1162 | oxford_adow | Jason-1 | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1970012 | Jason-1 | A *polar-orbiting satellite, launched in December 2001, designed specifically to monitor the Earth's oceans. Primarily a successor, with similar but improved instrumentation, to the very successful ...
... | satellite oceanography mission | [
"Earth observation satellite"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 150 |
297 | jet | Jet | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_5.html | ametsoc_g | jet | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202325 | jet stream | no_definition | fast-flowing atmospheric air-current | [
"thermal wind"
] | [
"mineraloid",
" organic gem",
" lignite"
] | r | [
"air current"
] | 65,669 |
298 | jet stream | jet stream | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2818?rskey=CNmd13&result=1166 | oxford_adow | jet stream | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202325 | jet stream | A narrow current of high-speed winds, typically thousands of kilometres long, hundreds of kilometres in width, and a few kilometres in depth, that occurs in the upper ...
... | fast-flowing atmospheric air-current | [
"thermal wind"
] | [
"air current"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 7,997 |
299 | katabatic wind | katabatic wind | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-2822?rskey=CNmd13&result=1176 | oxford_adow | katabatic wind | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q212903 | katabatic wind | A wind consisting of dense air that has cooled by radiative cooling over upland areas or contact with snow and ice fields and which then drains down into the valleys. Also known as a ...
... | A wind that carries high density air down a slope | [] | [
"fall wind"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 441 |
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