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"meteorology"
] | [] | r | [
"computer simulation",
"numerical simulation"
] | 8,796 |
401 | observation | observation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3067?rskey=Dr9JYz&result=1496 | oxford_adow | observation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q193181 | observation | The record of the measurement or assessment of a particular meteorological variable obtained at a specific time. A *weather report...
... | active acquisition of information from a primary source | [
"field of study",
" activity",
" specialty"
] | [
"noticing"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 161,770 |
402 | observations | observations | https://huggingface.co/climatebert | climatebert_v | observations | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q193181 | observation | no_definition | active acquisition of information from a primary source | [
"field of study",
"specialty",
"activity"
] | [] | r | [
"noticing"
] | 363,108 |
403 | occlusion | occlusion | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3069?rskey=Dr9JYz&result=1498 | oxford_adow | occlusion | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q747330 | occluded front | A *front that develops in the later stages of a *depression's lifetime, when the *cold front...
... | part of cyclone formation | [] | [
"relation"
] | r | [
"weather front"
] | 3,383 |
404 | Ocean | Ocean | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_6.html | ametsoc_g | Ocean | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9430 | ocean | no_definition | very large body of saline water | [] | [] | r | [
"body of water",
"natural geographic object",
"marine water body",
"saline water body"
] | 335,148 |
405 | ocean acidification | ocean acidification | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | ocean acidification | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q855711 | ocean acidification | The trend in the pH of the ocean to
grow more acidic as a result of absorption of CO 2 emitted
by humans. | climate change-induced decline of pH levels in the ocean | [] | [
"acidification",
" environmental issue"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,455 |
406 | Oceanic Niño Index | Oceanic Niño Index | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4203?rskey=8tvWOh&result=1501 | oxford_adow | Oceanic Niño Index | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q117235275 | Oceanic Nino Index | no_definition | indicator for monitoring El Niño and La Niña events | [
"environmental indicator"
] | [] | r | [] | 325 |
407 | ODP | ODP | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3074?rskey=8tvWOh&result=1505 | oxford_adow | ODP | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q900522 | ozone depletion potential | no_definition | relative amount of degradation to the ozone layer it can cause, with trichlorofluoromethane being fixed at an ODP of 1.0 | [
"dimensionless quantity",
"physical quantity"
] | [] | r | [] | 1,049 |
408 | ODS | ODS | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4205?rskey=8tvWOh&result=1506 | oxford_adow | ODS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16607840 | ozone-depleting substance | no_definition | [] | [] | r | [] | 1,947 | |
409 | olaparib | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | olaparib | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7083106 | olaparib | no_definition | chemical compound (cancer therapy drug) | [
"type of chemical entity"
] | [
"chemical compound"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 360 |
410 | ONI | ONI | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4209?rskey=8tvWOh&result=1514 | oxford_adow | ONI | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q117235275 | Oceanic Nino Index | no_definition | indicator for monitoring El Niño and La Niña events | [
"environmental indicator"
] | [
"yōkai"
] | r | [] | 2,264 |
411 | orographic precipitation | orographic precipitation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3088?rskey=CavC9P&result=1526 | oxford_adow | orographic precipitation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11689358 | orographic precipitation | *Precipitation that is caused by the uplift of humid air over an elevated barrier, such as a hill or mountain. When the ...
... | [] | [
"precipitation"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,155 | |
412 | oscillation | oscillation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3090?rskey=CavC9P&result=1529 | oxford_adow | oscillation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170475 | oscillation | The variation of a specific parameter above or below a mean value. In meteorology, the term is normally applied to large-scale phenomena that exhibit ...
... | repetitive variation of some measure about a central value | [] | [
"change"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 55,187 |
413 | overcast | OVERCAST | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | overcast | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1055865 | overcast | Sky condition when greater than 9/10 of the sky is covere. | meteorological condition | [
"cloud cover"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,472 |
414 | oxidation | oxidation | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | oxidation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1786087 | oxidation | A chemical reaction in which electrons are
lost from an atom and its charge becomes more positive;
also, the addition of oxygen to an element. | chemical reaction | [] | [
"half-reaction",
" chemical reaction"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 67,928 |
415 | Oxygen | Oxygen | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_6.html | ametsoc_g | Oxygen | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q629 | oxygen | no_definition | chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8 | [
"lithophile",
"nonmetal",
"chemical element"
] | [] | r | [
"oxidizing agent",
"group 16"
] | 101,342 |
416 | ozone | ozone | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | ozone | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q36933 | ozone | A triple molecule of oxygen (O 3 ) formed by the
collision of cosmic particles with normal (O 2 ) oxygen.
Ozone in the stratosphere blocks harmful ultraviolet
radiation from the Sun. | chemical compound | [
"type of chemical entity",
"simple substance",
"allotrope of oxygen"
] | [] | r | [
"oxidizing agent"
] | 136,774 |
417 | ozone hole | ozone hole | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1202?rskey=D3o1En&result=1544 | oxford_adow | ozone hole | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q183140 | ozone depletion | An area over the polar regions in which the *ozone layer is depleted or non-existent, particularly as a result of reactions involving chlorine (primarily derived from ...
... | stratospheric phenomena of Earth | [
"global issue",
"hole",
"physical process",
"environmental issue"
] | [] | r | [] | 1,789 |
418 | ozone layer | ozone layer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1203?rskey=D3o1En&result=1545 | oxford_adow | ozone layer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q79995 | ozone layer | The layer between 10 and 50 km that contains most atmospheric *ozone, with the greatest concentration at altitudes of 20–25 km. It absorbs most of the energy from ...
... | region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's UV radiation | [
"atmospheric layer"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,140 |
419 | p300 | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | p300 | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3136081 | P300 | no_definition | event-related potential | [
"Event-related potential"
] | [
"medical procedure"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,367 |
420 | p53 | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | p53 | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14818098 | TP53 | no_definition | protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens | [
"gene"
] | [] | r | [
"protein-coding gene"
] | 54,934 |
421 | Pacific Decadal Oscillation | Pacific Decadal Oscillation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1206?rskey=D3o1En&result=1548 | oxford_adow | Pacific Decadal Oscillation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2033747 | Pacific decadal oscillation | An *oscillation in *sea-surface temperatures in the central northern Pacific Ocean and those in a narrow belt along the western coasts of North America. The ...
... | robust, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability centered over the mid-latitude Pacific basin | [
"meteorological phenomenon",
" oscillation"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,729 |
422 | Pan | Pan | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_6.html | ametsoc_g | Pan | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3342203 | peroxyacetyl nitrate | no_definition | chemical compound | [
"type of chemical entity"
] | [] | r | [
"organic peroxide"
] | 21,840 |
423 | pandemic | pandemic | https://huggingface.co/climatebert | climatebert_v | pandemic | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12184 | pandemic | no_definition | epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact | [] | [] | r | [
"epidemic",
"systemic risk",
"external risk"
] | 13,809 |
424 | PAR | Par | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_6.html | ametsoc_g | PAR | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q900892 | photosynthetically active radiation | no_definition | range of light usable for photosynthesis | [
"wavelength"
] | [
"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20926517",
" http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51041800"
] | r | [] | 16,651 |
425 | Paris Agreement | Paris Agreement | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4216?rskey=bCb79s&result=1564 | oxford_adow | Paris Agreement | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21707860 | Paris Agreement | A major international agreement on *climate change signed in 2015 and ratified by 191 nations of the *Framework Convention on Climate Change...
... | international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020 | [
"environmental protocol",
" treaty"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,224 |
426 | PBL | PBL | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | PBL | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1757268 | planetary boundary layer | Planetary Boundary Layer. The lowest level of the atmosphere where friction is an important force and vertical mixing is common. | lowest part of the atmosphere directly influenced by contact with the planetary surface | [] | [] | r | [
"layer"
] | 19,113 |
427 | PDO | PDO | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3117?rskey=bCb79s&result=1570 | oxford_adow | PDO | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2033747 | Pacific decadal oscillation | no_definition | robust, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability centered over the mid-latitude Pacific basin | [
"meteorological phenomenon",
"oscillation"
] | [] | r | [] | 24,281 |
428 | peat | peat | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | peat | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184624 | peat | A deposit of decayed carbon-rich plant remains in a
wetland environment with little oxygen. | accumulation of partially decayed vegetation | [] | [
"biogenic sediment",
" raw material",
" fossil fuel"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 17,278 |
429 | percolation | percolation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3122?rskey=bCb79s&result=1576 | oxford_adow | percolation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1367555 | percolation | The flow of water through the soil under the influence of gravity.
... | movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials | [] | [
"solid–liquid extraction"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,432 |
430 | period | period | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | period | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2642727 | period | The time interval between successive peaks or
troughs in a series of regular wave forms. | smallest temporal unit after which a process repeats | [] | [
"class"
] | r | [
"physical quantity",
"duration",
"period"
] | 597,095 |
431 | Permafrost | permafrost | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3130?rskey=Zbiaba&result=1584 | oxford_adow | Permafrost | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q179918 | permafrost | A region of permanently frozen ground where summer heating is insufficient to counteract the low temperatures attained during winter. This occurs where the mean annual surface temperature is below approximately −5 °C, thus primarily in the polar regions, but also at high altitudes at lower latitudes. Permafrost is esti... | soil frozen permanently (practically for a duration of at least two years) | [
"soil type"
] | [
"soil",
" geographical feature"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 18,554 |
432 | Persistence | Persistence | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_6.html | ametsoc_g | Persistence | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q922395 | persistence | no_definition | in statistics, the nature of a temporal variable to retain its previous values | [
"mathematical concept"
] | [
"personality trait"
] | o | [] | 36,162 |
433 | PG | PG | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | PG | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2414143 | pressure gradient | Pressure gradient. Tightening pressure gradient indicates stronger winds. | a transition in the amount of pressure between two spatial locations | [] | [] | r | [
"spatial gradient"
] | 22,305 |
434 | Ph | Ph | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Ph | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40936 | pH | no_definition | measure of the acidity of an aqueous solution | [
"acidity function"
] | [
"chemical quantity",
" logarithmic quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 237,393 |
435 | phase change | phase change | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4219?rskey=Zbiaba&result=1587 | oxford_adow | phase change | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q185357 | phase change | The change of material from one state to another, such as solid to liquid or liquid to vapour (or the reverse processes)....
... | transitions between solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, and, in rare cases, plasma | [] | [
"change of state",
" transformation",
" threshold effect",
" thermodynamic process path"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,804 |
436 | phenology | phenology | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3132?rskey=Zbiaba&result=1588 | oxford_adow | phenology | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q272737 | phenology | The study of the seasonal changes in the natural world, such as the times of first flowering of plants, the dates of the migration of birds, and similar phenomena, particularly as they are influenced by the weather and climate....
... | study of periodic events in biological life cycles | [
"branch of biology",
" academic discipline",
" field of study",
" specialty"
] | [
"biology"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 17,445 |
437 | photochemistry | photochemistry | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3133?rskey=Zbiaba&result=1589 | oxford_adow | photochemistry | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q188651 | photochemistry | The study of chemical reactions caused by visible light or *ultraviolet radiation. Significant photochemical processes occur both at high altitudes (in the ...
... | sub-discipline of chemistry | [
"branch of chemistry"
] | [
"physical chemistry"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,152 |
438 | photodissociation | photodissociation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3134?rskey=Zbiaba&result=1590 | oxford_adow | photodissociation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16814 | photodissociation | The *dissociation of a molecule into two or more neutral molecules or atoms by the absorption of *ultraviolet radiation...
... | photochemical reaction where a molecule splits when absorbing photons | [] | [
"photochemical reaction",
" dissociation",
" chemical reaction"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,262 |
439 | photosynthesis | photosynthesis | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | photosynthesis | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11982 | photosynthesis | The process by which plants use nutri-
ents and solar energy to convert water and CO 2 to plant
tissue (carbohydrates) and thereby produce oxygen. | biological process to convert light into chemical energy | [
"biological process"
] | [
"cell metabolism"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 29,134 |
440 | photosynthetically active radiation | Photosynthetically active radiation | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | photosynthetically active radiation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q900892 | photosynthetically active radiation | no_definition | range of light usable for photosynthesis | [
"wavelength"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,060 |
441 | phytoplankton | phytoplankton | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | phytoplankton | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184755 | phytoplankton | Small floating organisms (usually algae)
that use energy from the Sun and nutrients from the
water for photosynthesis. | autotrophic components of the plankton community | [
"organisms known by a particular common name"
] | [
"autotroph",
" plankton"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 27,616 |
442 | planetary boundary layer | planetary boundary layer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3150?rskey=4EoYrL&result=1610 | oxford_adow | planetary boundary layer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1757268 | planetary boundary layer | The layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface, within which the air is subject to *turbulence, friction effects, and surface heating. Typical depths are 500 m over the oceans and 1 500 m over the land. The planetary boundary layer may be considered as consisting of two subsidiary layers: the ...
... | lowest part of the atmosphere directly influenced by contact with the planetary surface | [] | [
"layer"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,886 |
443 | planetary scale | planetary scale | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3151?rskey=4EoYrL&result=1611 | oxford_adow | planetary scale | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q124101881 | global scale | A term applied to the very largest atmospheric phenomena, which are of the same general order as the planetary radius. Examples are the ...
... | pertaining to multiple continents | [
"spatial scale"
] | [] | o | [] | 493 |
444 | planetary wave | planetary wave | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3152?rskey=4EoYrL&result=1612 | oxford_adow | planetary wave | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053589 | Rossby wave | A wave whose wavelength is a significant fraction of a planet's radius. In the case of the Earth, such waves have wavelengths of thousands of kilometres. The term is also used in a more general sense for a ...
... | type of inertial wave in the atmospheres and oceans of planets that largely owe their properties to rotation of the planet | [
"progressive wave",
"inertial wave"
] | [] | r | [] | 3,860 |
445 | plankton | plankton | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | plankton | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25367 | plankton | Organisms that float in the upper layers of
oceans or lakes. | organisms that are in the water column and are incapable of swimming against current | [] | [
"organism"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,897 |
446 | Plasma | plasma | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3153?rskey=4EoYrL&result=1613 | oxford_adow | Plasma | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10251 | plasma | Material in a hot, almost completely ionized state, and thus consisting of atomic nuclei and electrons. Often described as the fourth state of matter (after solids, liquids, and gases), because of its highly specific properties. It occurs (inter alia) throughout the Sun, as the ...
... | state of matter consisting of ionized gas | [
"classical state of matter",
" fundamental state of matter"
] | [
"matter",
" gas"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 71,480 |
447 | plate tectonics | plate tectonics | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3155?rskey=4EoYrL&result=1618 | oxford_adow | plate tectonics | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7950 | plate tectonics | The concept that the Earth's *lithosphere consists of a number of distinct oceanic and continental plates, whose relative positions alter over the course of geological time, driven by motions in the deep interior. Variations in the location of the plates have been a major factor in ...
... | scientific theory that describes the large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere | [
"theory"
] | [
"geotectonics"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 302 |
448 | Pliocene | Pliocene | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | Pliocene | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q76259 | Pliocene | the interval of geological time between ~2.6 and 5.3 million years ago. | epoch | [
"epoch",
" series"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,768 |
449 | PMC | Pmc | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | PMC | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7209090 | polar mesospheric cloud | no_definition | term for noctilucent clouds when viewed from space | [
"meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"noctilucent cloud"
] | 5,008 |
450 | polar vortex | polar vortex | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3177?rskey=1mSsno&result=1642 | oxford_adow | polar vortex | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1197111 | polar vortex | A large-scale *cyclonic circulation that exists in the middle and upper *troposphere, centred over the polar regions, and which is particularly strong in winter. The southern polar vortex isolates the polar region in winter, and is largely responsible for the severity of the southern ...
... | persistent cold-core low-pressure area that circles one of the poles | [] | [
"cyclone",
" mountain-gap wind"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 10,591 |
451 | pollen analysis | pollen analysis | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3181?rskey=1mSsno&result=1646 | oxford_adow | pollen analysis | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2737544 | pollen analysis | The determination of the plant species present at a particular past epoch from the examination of the pollen recovered from suitable deposits, such as peat. Because individual species have specific growing requirements, detailed information about past climate may be obtained. ...
... | [] | [
"analytical technique"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 153 | |
452 | pollution | pollution | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3183?rskey=1mSsno&result=1648 | oxford_adow | pollution | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q58734 | pollution | *Aerosols, gases, or particulates that occur in the *atmosphere at a concentration that is a threat to the health of living things, or which change atmospheric conditions from those prevailing in pre-industrial times. (Similar criteria also apply to substances that occur in the ...
... | introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change | [] | [] | r | [
"environmental issue",
"externality",
"unintended consequences"
] | 122,509 |
453 | POP | POP | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | POP | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1564294 | Probability of precipitation | Probability of Precipitation. This is the chance the NWS gives to precipitation across there forecast region. It may also refer to the POP a forecast model is predicting. | chance of rain | [] | [] | r | [
"probability"
] | 3,763 |
454 | POPS | POPS | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3187?rskey=1mSsno&result=1652 | oxford_adow | POPS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q912951 | persistent organic pollutant | no_definition | organic compound resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes | [] | [] | o | [
"pollutant"
] | 1,543 |
455 | potential temperature | potential temperature | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3190?rskey=1mSsno&result=1655 | oxford_adow | potential temperature | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q760765 | potential temperature | The temperature that a parcel of air would assume if it were brought at the *dry adiabatic lapse rate...
... | temperature that a fluid would attain if adiabatically brought to a standard reference pressure | [] | [
"temperature"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 12,727 |
456 | Power | Power | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Power | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25342 | power | no_definition | rate at which energy is transferred, used, or transformed | [] | [] | r | [
"physical quantity",
"scalar quantity",
"power quantity"
] | 365,343 |
457 | power spectrum | power spectrum | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | power spectrum | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1331626 | spectral density | A graphic display of the distribution of
power (the square of wave amplitude) against the period
(or frequency) of each cycle present in a signal. | relative importance of certain frequencies in a composite signal | [] | [] | r | [
"function",
"spectrum"
] | 4,611 |
458 | Prairie | Prairie | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Prairie | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q194281 | prairie | no_definition | ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome | [] | [
"temperate grasslands",
" savannas",
" and shrublands"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,414 |
459 | precipitable water | precipitable water | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3192?rskey=1mSsno&result=1659 | oxford_adow | precipitable water | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q778526 | Precipitable water | The amount of water vapour in a column of air (of unit cross-section) between two specified levels. The quantity may be expressed in terms of either the depth of water that would be obtained if all of the vapour could be condensed, or its mass. Although a theoretical concept, it is a useful measure of the amount of wat... | meteorological measure of the amount of water in the atmosphere | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,742 |
460 | precipitation | precipitation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3193?rskey=1mSsno&result=1660 | oxford_adow | precipitation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25257 | precipitation | Water in either liquid or solid form that is derived from the atmosphere and falls to the surface. It thus includes ...
... | liquid or solid water that falls to the ground | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"hydrometeor"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 772,605 |
461 | pressure | pressure | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3196?rskey=EZwB9n&result=1663 | oxford_adow | pressure | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39552 | pressure | The force exerted on unit area by a mass subjected to some acceleration. In meteorology, generally taken to be the force exerted by the (hypothetical) column of air extending from the surface to the outer limit of the atmosphere and subject to the Earth's gravitational attraction. Measured by a ...
... | force applied over an area | [] | [] | r | [
"physical quantity",
"scalar quantity",
"intensive quantity",
"ISQ derived quantity",
"areal quantity"
] | 304,875 |
462 | pressure jump | pressure jump | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3199?rskey=EZwB9n&result=1669 | oxford_adow | pressure jump | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7241727 | pressure jump | A sudden increase in atmospheric *pressure, usually amounting to several hPa, which may accompany a *line squall, *...
... | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 108 | |
463 | probability | probability | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3205?rskey=EZwB9n&result=1672 | oxford_adow | probability | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9492 | probability | A numerical value given to the expectation that a particular event will occur. Although in scientific usage it is normally reckoned on a scale of 0 (for impossibility) to 1 (certainty), in forecasts to the general public, probability is usually specified as a percentage, 100 per cent being certainty....
... | measure of the expectation that an event will occur or a statement is true | [
"probability measure"
] | [
"possibility",
" mathematical object",
" dimensionless quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 158,667 |
464 | Probe | Probe | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Probe | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q96093522 | probe | no_definition | tool that is inserted to explore | [] | [
"squeeze tube"
] | o | [
"physical tool",
"equipment"
] | 59,052 |
465 | productivity | productivity | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | productivity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3289687 | productivity | The amount of organic matter synthesized
by organisms from inorganic substances per unit of area
per unit of time. | rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem | [
"term"
] | [
"ratio"
] | r | [
"ecological efficiency"
] | 66,615 |
466 | PSC | Psc | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | PSC | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q216417 | polar stratospheric cloud | no_definition | clouds occurring in the stratosphere in high-latitude regions | [] | [] | r | [
"cloud"
] | 6,463 |
467 | pseudoboehmite | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | pseudoboehmite | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2115715 | Pseudoboehmite | no_definition | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 67 | |
468 | QuikSCAT | QuikSCAT | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4231?rskey=lsvQ9d&result=1695 | oxford_adow | QuikSCAT | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1734511 | QuikSCAT | A satellite launched in June 1999 carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer, with the primary mission of determining the surface wind speed and direction over ice-free oceanic waters. The mission had a nominal three-year lifetime but returned useful data until it suffered a mechanical failure in November 2009....
... | earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer to measure the surface wind speed and direction over the ice-free global oceans | [
"Earth observation satellite"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,937 |
469 | Radiance | Radiance | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Radiance | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1411145 | radiance | no_definition | areal density of radiant intensity in a given direction | [] | [
"radiometric quantity",
" physical quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 13,733 |
470 | radiation | radiation | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | radiation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18335 | radiation | Electromagnetic energy that drives Earth’s cli-
mate system. Ultraviolet and visible radiation emitted by
the Sun affects climate on Earth, which emits infrared
back radiation to space. | waves or particles propagating through space or through a medium, carrying energy | [] | [
"energy transfer process",
" heat transfer"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 178,900 |
471 | radiative forcing | Radiative forcing | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | radiative forcing | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1463606 | radiative forcing | An increase (positive) or a decrease (negative) in net radiant energy observed over an area at the
tropopause. An increase in radiative forcing may induce surface warming, whereas a decrease may induce
surface cooling.
| the difference between the incoming radiation energy and the outgoing radiation energy in a given climate system | [] | [
"physical quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 23,347 |
472 | radioactivity | radioactivity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3239?rskey=XyxhTg&result=1709 | oxford_adow | radioactivity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11448 | radioactivity | The spontaneous fission of the nuclei of certain unstable (radioactive) elements or *isotopes into more stable configurations, which gives rise to daughter elements or isotopes. In certain cases, these products may themselves be radioactive, and subsequently decay, the process eventually ending with a stable element or... | process by which an unstable atom emits radiation | [] | [] | r | [
"physical phenomenon",
"physical process"
] | 3,879 |
473 | radiosonde | radiosonde | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3242?rskey=XyxhTg&result=1712 | oxford_adow | radiosonde | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q852817 | radiosonde | An instrumented package, carried aloft by a balloon, that returns observations to a ground station by radio telemetry. In the most common form, ...
... | meteorological instrumentation | [
"meteorological instrument"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 14,589 |
474 | radon | radon | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3245?rskey=XyxhTg&result=1714 | oxford_adow | radon | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1133 | radon | A radioactive *inert gas, atomic number 86, the decay product of radium. The most stable *isotope, radon-222, has a half-life of 3.825 days. Relatively high concentrations of radon may occur in mines and inside buildings built above certain rocks, such as granite. This is regarded as a health hazard requiring remedial ... | chemical element with the atomic number of 86 | [
"gas",
" chemical element"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 9,263 |
475 | rain | rain | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3832?rskey=XyxhTg&result=1716 | oxford_adow | rain | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7925 | rain | Liquid *precipitation in the form of drops that are larger than 500 μm (0.5 mm) in diameter, smaller drops being classed as ...
... | liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"precipitation"
] | 112,331 |
476 | rain gauge | rain gauge | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3254?rskey=u97uAr&result=1724 | oxford_adow | rain gauge | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190052 | rain gauge | An instrument for determining the depth of *precipitation that occurs over unit area. It may be designed as a simple passive collector—when the amount of precipitation is determined by use of a graduated measuring glass—or as a recording device, generally a ...
... | meteorological instrumentation | [] | [
"meteorological instrument"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 10,432 |
477 | rainfall | rainfall | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3251?rskey=u97uAr&result=1722 | oxford_adow | rainfall | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7925 | rain | For *synoptic purposes, rainfall is defined as the total amount of liquid-water equivalent of all forms of *precipitation...
... | liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"precipitation"
] | 423,591 |
478 | rainy season | rainy season | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3257?rskey=u97uAr&result=1727 | oxford_adow | rainy season | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3117517 | wet season | The period of the year in certain tropical and subtropical climatic regions during which precipitation is a maximum; distinct from a ...
... | yearly period of high rainfall, especially in the tropics | [] | [] | r | [
"season"
] | 16,675 |
479 | recombination | recombination | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3267?rskey=u97uAr&result=1736 | oxford_adow | recombination | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3373825 | recombination | Any process by which positive and negative ions, or positive ions and electrons, combine to give a neutral element or compound. In the atmosphere, such processes are significant in, for example, the night-time ...
... | epoch at which charged electrons and protons first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms | [
"cosmological epoch",
" epoch"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 40,220 |
480 | reconstruction | reconstruction | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | reconstruction | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q116146313 | palaeoclimate reconstruction | A simulation run with a climate model
by altering several boundary conditions in an effort to
reproduce a climate that existed at some time in the past. | systematic deduction of climatic conditions in the distant past | [
"academic discipline"
] | [] | r | [] | 36,009 |
481 | red beds | red beds | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | red beds | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2065586 | red beds | Sediments or rocks with a red color caused by
the oxidation of iron (similar to rust). | sedimentary rocks with ferric oxides | [] | [
"sedimentary rock"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 63 |
482 | reflection | reflection | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3269?rskey=u97uAr&result=1740 | oxford_adow | reflection | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q165939 | reflection | The process by which all or a portion of incident radiation is returned in the general direction of the source, the exact amount being dependent on the wavelength of the radiation, the nature of the reflecting surface, and the angle of incidence. The majority of natural surfaces will give rise to ...
... | change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated | [] | [
"surface phenomenon",
" optical phenomenon"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 18,812 |
483 | refraction | refraction | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3270?rskey=kunkiu&result=1741 | oxford_adow | refraction | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q72277 | refraction | The deviation of light or other electromagnetic radiation from its original path on passing from one medium to another. It is usually accompanied by dispersion, which, in the case of light, gives rise to the colours of the spectrum. Refraction is a significant factor in atmospheric optics, particularly in the various .... | in physics, the change in direction of a wave at the interface between two media | [] | [
"surface phenomenon"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,624 |
484 | relative humidity | relative humidity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3274?rskey=kunkiu&result=1746 | oxford_adow | relative humidity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2499617 | relative humidity | The ratio of the actual *vapour pressure to the *saturation vapour pressure with respect to water at the same temperature. This value is generally expressed as a percentage....
... | ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in humid air to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at a given temperature | [] | [
"ratio",
" dimensionless quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 46,154 |
485 | remote sensing | remote sensing | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3275?rskey=kunkiu&result=1747 | oxford_adow | remote sensing | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q199687 | remote sensing | The measurement of a property or a phenomenon by instrumentation that is situated at a distance and not in direct physical contact with the object of study. In meteorology, the instrumentation may be carried by an aircraft or ...
... | acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, especially the Earth | [
"branch of science"
] | [
"gathering of information"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 35,667 |
486 | residence time | residence time | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | residence time | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177453 | residence time | The average amount of time a tracer of
any substance spends in a reservoir. | technical process | [] | [
"time"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 11,642 |
487 | resolution | resolution | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | resolution | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3937033 | resolution | The degree of detail detected in a climate sig-
nal by sampling at a particular interval. | smallest change in the underlying physical quantity that the measurement system can detect | [
"quality"
] | [] | r | [
"metadata"
] | 302,930 |
488 | response time | response time | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | response time | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578372 | response time | The time required for a climatic response to
move a defined fraction of the way from its existing value to
the value it would hold at its full equilibrium response. | in technology, the time a system or unit takes to react to a given input | [] | [
"computer performance"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,467 |
489 | return period | return period | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3281?rskey=kunkiu&result=1753 | oxford_adow | return period | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2627230 | return period | A statistical measure of the average interval between occurrences of a particular phenomenon, such as a flood of a given magnitude, a devastating storm, an exceptionally heavy snowfall, etc....
... | scientific concept | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 10,221 |
490 | Rocky Mountains | Rocky Mountains | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3295?rskey=iHa1zy&result=1769 | oxford_adow | Rocky Mountains | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5463 | Rocky Mountains | The principal topographic barrier to the westerly *zonal flow in the northern hemisphere, responsible for the location of the major trough in the ...
... | major mountain range in western North America | [
"non-geologically related mountain range"
] | [] | r | [] | 3,135 |
491 | rotor | rotor | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3301?rskey=iHa1zy&result=1776 | oxford_adow | rotor | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11998503 | rotor | A closed, vertical circulation that develops in the lee of high mountain barriers, or in the valley between two mountain ranges, when conditions are appropriate. A form of ...
... | weather phenomenon | [] | [
"rotor"
] | r | [
"wind"
] | 24,038 |
492 | Runoff | Runoff | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Runoff | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66486514 | runoff | no_definition | running of rainfall, melted snow, irrigation water, fertilizer or pesticides over land and into rivers or sewers | [] | [] | r | [
"drainage"
] | 147,941 |
493 | SAF | SAF | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3304?rskey=iHa1zy&result=1779 | oxford_adow | SAF | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7649638 | sustainable aviation fuel | no_definition | aviation fuel from non-fossile raw material | [] | [] | r | [
"biofuel",
"aviation fuel"
] | 3,464 |
494 | Sahel | Sahel | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Sahel | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66065 | Sahel | no_definition | ecoclimatic and biogeographic transition zone in Africa | [
"geographic region"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 14,406 |
495 | salinity | salinity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3309?rskey=tOWSzC&result=1782 | oxford_adow | salinity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q179615 | salinity | The amount of inorganic salts dissolved in water, i.e. the number of grams per kilogram of water. Generally given as parts per thousand (per mille, ‰). Although it varies to a certain extent, the average salinity of sea-water is 34.7 parts per thousand. ...
... | saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water | [
"physical property"
] | [
"dimensionless quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 63,146 |
496 | Sample | Sample | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_7.html | ametsoc_g | Sample | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q485146 | sample | no_definition | limited quantity of material which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount of that material | [
"type of physical object by use"
] | [
"object of analysis",
" part",
" physical object"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 289,046 |
497 | SAR | Sar | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | SAR | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q740686 | synthetic aperture radar | no_definition | form of radar which is used to create images of an object | [] | [] | r | [
"scientific instrument",
"radar",
"technique"
] | 10,196 |
498 | savanna | savanna | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3322?rskey=tOWSzC&result=1795 | oxford_adow | savanna | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q42320 | savanna | A subtropical or tropical region consisting of open grassland with drought-resistant trees and shrubs. The climatic regime is type A in the ...
... | mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem | [
"biome"
] | [] | r | [
"ecosystem"
] | 6,817 |
499 | savannas | no_term_y | no_link | no_source | savannas | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q42320 | savanna | no_definition | mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem | [
"biome"
] | [
"Volta–Congo"
] | r | [
"ecosystem"
] | 3,174 |
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