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"physical process"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 60,496 |
501 | scatterometer | scatterometer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3326?rskey=tOWSzC&result=1799 | oxford_adow | scatterometer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q905295 | scatterometer | A radar instrument used in *remote sensing from aircraft or satellites. It is particularly applied to the determination of wave height and wind direction, which may be measured from the properties of the reflected beam....
... | meteorological instrumentation | [] | [
"meteorological instrument"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,309 |
502 | SEA | Sea | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | SEA | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11708 | Southeast Asia | no_definition | south-eastern region of Asia | [
"geographic region"
] | [
"saline water body",
" marine water body",
" water area"
] | r | [] | 377,630 |
503 | sea breeze | sea breeze | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3334?rskey=mNC1Ep&result=1812 | oxford_adow | sea breeze | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81242 | sea breeze | A local, onshore wind that arises from the differential heating of land and sea during the day and the consequent difference in pressure over the two surfaces. Its nocturnal counterpart is the ...
... | wind blowing from sea to land | [] | [
"circulation",
" wind"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,765 |
504 | sea ice | Sea ice | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | sea ice | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q213926 | sea ice | no_definition | ice formed from frozen seawater | [] | [
"natural landscape",
" ice cover"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 76,405 |
505 | sea-surface temperature | sea-surface temperature | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3342?rskey=mNC1Ep&result=1810 | oxford_adow | sea-surface temperature | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1507383 | sea surface temperature | The temperature of the surface layer of sea or oceanic water. The SST is an important factor in many *...
... | water temperature close to the ocean's surface | [] | [] | r | [
"temperature"
] | 882 |
506 | season | season | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3339?rskey=mNC1Ep&result=1816 | oxford_adow | season | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24384 | season | A division of the year for climatological purposes. Although varying considerably with latitude and by geographical region, the division is commonly regarded in terms of the conventional four seasons that apply to most northern temperate regions: winter—December to February; spring—March to May; summer—June to August; ... | weather- or climate-based subdivision of the year | [] | [
"season",
" time interval"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 242,303 |
507 | Seawater | Seawater | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Seawater | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184395 | seawater | no_definition | water from a sea or ocean | [
"solution"
] | [
"saline water"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 29,337 |
508 | SeaWiFS | SeaWiFS | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3343?rskey=mNC1Ep&result=1819 | oxford_adow | SeaWiFS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2261857 | SeaWiFS | The ‘Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor’, developed by NASA and carried by the *OrbView-2 satellite. It was designed to obtain oceanographic biological data....
... | satellite-borne sensor designed to collect global ocean biological data | [
"space instrument",
" image sensor"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,231 |
509 | sensible heat | sensible heat | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3350?rskey=8eVviO&result=1829 | oxford_adow | sensible heat | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1480581 | sensible heat | The energy absorbed or emitted by a substance during a change in *temperature that is not accompanied by a phase change; ...
... | heat exchanged by a body or thermodynamic system | [] | [
"heat"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 17,300 |
510 | Sensitivity | sensitivity | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | Sensitivity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q521783 | climate sensitivity | The amount of warming produced
by an increase in atmospheric CO 2 levels from the prein-
dustrial level (280 ppm) to a level of 560 ppm. | measurement of how much temperature will rise given an increase in CO2 | [] | [] | r | [
"physical quantity"
] | 183,995 |
511 | SEVIRI | Seviri | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | SEVIRI | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q117778573 | Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager | no_definition | instrument on the Meteosat Second Generation satellites | [
"space instrument"
] | [
"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q337547"
] | r | [] | 2,465 |
512 | shortwave radiation | shortwave radiation | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | shortwave radiation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7502259 | Shortwave radiation | Electromagnetic energy emitted by
the Sun in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths that de-
liver heat to Earth’s climate system. | type of radiant energy | [] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 11,745 |
513 | Si | Si | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Si | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q670 | silicon | no_definition | chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14 | [
"combustible powder",
"lithophile",
"chemical element"
] | [] | r | [
"metalloid"
] | 554,688 |
514 | sintering | sintering | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | sintering | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q844613 | sintering | The process by which bubbles of air become
sealed off and preserved as snow turns to ice at depths of
50 to 100 m within an ice sheet. | process of compacting granular material into a coherent solid by heat or pressure, without melting | [
"technology"
] | [
"connection",
" coalescence",
" manufacturing process",
" forming process"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,278 |
515 | Skewness | Skewness | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Skewness | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9051521 | skewness | no_definition | statistical concept | [
"mathematical concept"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 9,156 |
516 | SLR | SLR | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3390?rskey=xbsYbo&result=1879 | oxford_adow | SLR | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q841083 | sea level rise | no_definition | current long-term trend for global sea levels to rise mainly in response to climate change | [
"phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"increase",
"ascent"
] | 6,617 |
517 | small hail | small hail | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3392?rskey=tAE2NO&result=1881 | oxford_adow | small hail | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3229952 | small hail | Frozen *precipitation in the form of *snow pellets that have acquired a translucent coating of ice, formed either by collision with water droplets and subsequent freezing, or by partial melting and refreezing. Generally spherical, but occasionally conical in shape and with diameters that sometimes exceed 5 mm....
... | precipitation of translucent spherical ice particles, consisting in snow pellets encased in a layer of amorphous ice | [] | [
"snow"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 104 |
518 | smoke | smoke | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3394?rskey=tAE2NO&result=1883 | oxford_adow | smoke | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130768 | smoke | A suspension in the atmosphere of small particles produced by combustion, typically consisting of carbon or various hydrocarbons. These particles generally have diameters of ...
... | mass of airborne particulates and gases | [] | [
"combustion product",
" lithometeor",
" particulates",
" aerosol"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 20,878 |
519 | SMOS | SMOS | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4251?rskey=tAE2NO&result=1884 | oxford_adow | SMOS | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q280068 | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity | no_definition | ESA Earth observation satellite | [
"Earth observation satellite"
] | [] | r | [] | 1,463 |
520 | Snow | SNOW | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | Snow | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7561 | snow | Unless qualified by such words as " occasional" or " intermittent" , a prediction of snow indicates a steady fall of a few hours or more. | precipitation in the form of ice crystal flakes | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"precipitation"
] | 147,532 |
521 | snowfall | snowfall | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3398?rskey=tAE2NO&result=1891 | oxford_adow | snowfall | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7561 | snow | The rate at which *snow falls, measured either directly using a graduated scale and given as a specific depth, or else obtained by melting the snow and obtaining the rainfall equivalent: 30 cm of fresh snow is approximately equal to 25 mm of rain....
... | precipitation in the form of ice crystal flakes | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"precipitation"
] | 19,121 |
522 | sodium | sodium | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3408?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1903 | oxford_adow | sodium | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q658 | sodium | A metal (atomic number 11) that exists in trace amounts in the atmosphere, primarily concentrated at an altitude of approximately 85 km. It has a characteristic pair of emission lines at 589.3 nm that are seen in the ...
... | chemical element with symbol Na and atomic number 11 | [
"lithophile",
" chemical element"
] | [
"s-block",
" alkali metal"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 47,313 |
523 | SOI | SOI | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3411?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1906 | oxford_adow | SOI | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1550887 | Southern Oscillation Index | no_definition | index | [
"index number"
] | [
"alley"
] | r | [] | 8,043 |
524 | soil | soil | https://huggingface.co/climatebert | climatebert_v | soil | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q36133 | soil | no_definition | natural body consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals | [] | [] | r | [
"natural system",
"building material",
"granular material",
"organic matter",
"heterogeneous mixture"
] | 741,357 |
525 | soil moisture | soil moisture | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3412?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1907 | oxford_adow | soil moisture | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q889507 | soil moisture | The moisture content of soil that lies above the water table, including any water vapour that may be present in pores....
... | water content of the soil | [
"individual quantity",
" property"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 92,774 |
526 | soil temperature | soil temperature | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3413?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1909 | oxford_adow | soil temperature | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q889769 | soil temperature | The temperature as measured at specific depths, for example 50, 100, 200, 300, and 1 000 mm.
... | temperature of the top soil | [] | [
"temperature"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 16,303 |
527 | solar activity | solar activity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3416?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1913 | oxford_adow | solar activity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7297568 | solar phenomena | The general term for all forms of active phenomena on the Sun, including *solar flares and *sunspots. All solar activity is linked with the Sun's magnetic fields and with increases and decreases in the ...
... | sunspots, flares, eruptions, etc. on the surface of the Sun | [] | [] | r | [
"astronomical phenomenon"
] | 3,862 |
528 | solar cycle | solar cycle | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1501?rskey=ATWxP8&result=1915 | oxford_adow | solar cycle | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q49385 | solar cycle | A quasi-periodic variation in the number of *sunspots and other *solar activity, with an average interval between maxima of ...
... | periodic change in the Sun's activity | [] | [
"solar variation"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,868 |
529 | solar wind | solar wind | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1506?rskey=bAV3HO&result=1921 | oxford_adow | solar wind | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q79833 | solar wind | The stream of charged particles from the *Sun's *corona (3), predominantly consisting of electrons and protons, with some atomic nuclei. This flow carries the Sun's magnetic field into space, and at the distance of the Earth's orbit generally has a minimum velocity of 350–400 km s...
... | stream of charged particles released from the Sun | [
"stellar wind"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,499 |
530 | Somali Jet | Somali Jet | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4256?rskey=bAV3HO&result=1926 | oxford_adow | Somali Jet | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q122574051 | The Somali Jet | A low-level jet located at an altitude of approximately 1 km that is an important factor in the Asian summer *...
... | wind system off the east coast of Africa | [] | [] | r | [] | 706 |
531 | Source | Source | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Source | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q31464082 | source | no_definition | entity (person, place, text, thing, etc.) from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired | [
"role",
"thematic relation"
] | [] | o | [
"entity"
] | 275,979 |
532 | South Equatorial Current | South Equatorial Current | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3433?rskey=bAV3HO&result=1933 | oxford_adow | South Equatorial Current | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1072306 | South Equatorial Current | Any of three westward-flowing currents in the southern Atlantic, Indian, or Pacific Oceans that are driven by the south-easterly *...
... | South Equatorial Current developed in oceans | [
"ocean current"
] | [
"ocean current"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 202 |
533 | South Pacific Convergence Zone | South Pacific Convergence Zone | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3437?rskey=bAV3HO&result=1937 | oxford_adow | South Pacific Convergence Zone | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5977788 | South Pacific convergence zone | An important zone of *convergence that exists in the southern winter in the western Pacific, extending from the area of the Torres Strait south-eastwards to approximately 30° S, 120° W. It is the zone where north-easterlies circulating around the ...
... | band of low-level convergence, cloudiness and precipitation extending from the Western Pacific Warm Pool at the maritime continent south-eastwards towards French Polynesia and as far as the Cook Islands | [
"convergence zone"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 739 |
534 | Southern Oscillation | southern oscillation | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | Southern Oscillation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1423047 | Southern Oscillation | Naturally occurring fluctuations in
which changes in lower atmospheric surface pressure in
the far western Pacific, near northern Australia, are op-
posite in sense to those in the south-central Pacific, near
Tahiti. | atospheric cycle | [
"atmospheric phenomenon"
] | [
"atmospheric pressure"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 11,003 |
535 | Southern Oscillation Index | Southern Oscillation Index | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3436?rskey=bAV3HO&result=1936 | oxford_adow | Southern Oscillation Index | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1550887 | Southern Oscillation Index | A measure of the state of the *Southern Oscillation. It is defined as the sea-level pressure at Tahiti minus that at Darwin in northern Australia. It is anti-correlated with the ...
... | index | [
"index number"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,275 |
536 | SPC | SPC | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | SPC | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q751874 | Storm Prediction Center | Storm Prediction Center. Located in Norman, OK. This office is responsible for monitoring and forecasting severe convective weather in the continental U.S. This includes the issuance of Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches. | sub-agency of the United States National Weather Service | [
"government agency"
] | [] | r | [] | 2,655 |
537 | SPCZ | Spcz | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | SPCZ | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5977788 | South Pacific convergence zone | no_definition | band of low-level convergence, cloudiness and precipitation extending from the Western Pacific Warm Pool at the maritime continent south-eastwards towards French Polynesia and as far as the Cook Islands | [
"convergence zone"
] | [] | r | [] | 3,920 |
538 | specific heat | specific heat | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1526?rskey=DL209p&result=1942 | oxford_adow | specific heat | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q487756 | specific heat capacity | The heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of a particular substance by one *kelvin. The specific heat of water (for example) is 4 187 J kg...
... | intensive quantity, heat capacity per mass | [] | [
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" http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3523867",
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] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,935 |
539 | specific humidity | specific humidity | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3442?rskey=DL209p&result=1943 | oxford_adow | specific humidity | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2253551 | Specific humidity | For a system of humid air, the ratio of the mass of *water vapour to the total mass of the system. Normally expressed as the number of grams of water vapour per kilogram of air....
... | Ratio of the mass of water in the air to the mass of moist air | [
"index number"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 15,010 |
540 | spectrophotometer | spectrophotometer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1529?rskey=DL209p&result=1945 | oxford_adow | spectrophotometer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3492906 | spectrophotometer | An instrument for determining the intensity of radiation at specific wavelengths. Both ground-based and satellite-borne instruments are used for the determination of the abundance of particular components in an atmospheric column, most notably ...
... | deals with visible light, near-ultraviolet, and near-infrared, but does not cover time-resolved spectroscopic techniques | [] | [
"photometer",
" spectrometer"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,997 |
541 | Spectrum | Spectrum | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Spectrum | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q654182 | spectrum | no_definition | continuous range of values, such as frequencies or wavelengths in physics | [] | [
"condition"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 81,830 |
542 | speleothems | speleothems | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | speleothems | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q154507 | speleothem | Cave deposits made of CaCO 3 containing
climatic signals. | structure formed in a cave by the deposition of minerals from water, | [] | [] | r | [
"geological structure"
] | 504 |
543 | spring | Spring | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | spring | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1312 | spring | no_definition | one of the Earth's four temperate seasons, occurring between winter and summer | [
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] | [
"machine element"
] | o | [
"season"
] | 155,658 |
544 | sprite | sprite | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3451?rskey=DL209p&result=1956 | oxford_adow | sprite | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q904961 | sprite | A weakly luminous, usually red, but extensive optical phenomenon that occurs in the *mesosphere, high above the decaying region of a ...
... | large-scale electrical discharge that occurs high above thunderstorm clouds | [] | [] | r | [
"upper-atmospheric lightning",
"electrometeor"
] | 2,778 |
545 | SSI | SSI | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3453?rskey=oCPZza&result=1961 | oxford_adow | SSI | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81382741 | spectral irradiance with respect to wavelength | no_definition | density of irradiance with respect to wavelength | [] | [] | o | [
"physical quantity"
] | 2,587 |
546 | SST | SST | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3454?rskey=oCPZza&result=1963 | oxford_adow | SST | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1507383 | sea surface temperature | no_definition | water temperature close to the ocean's surface | [] | [] | r | [
"temperature"
] | 268,895 |
547 | Stability | Stability | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Stability | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2325497 | stability | no_definition | the tendency of a physical system to return to its equilibrium or steady state after disturbance | [
"type of property"
] | [
"equilibrium",
" robustness"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 130,248 |
548 | Standard | Standard | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Standard | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q367293 | convention | no_definition | set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards | [
"sourcing circumstance"
] | [] | o | [
"class"
] | 263,275 |
549 | steppe | steppe | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3475?rskey=2j4rG2&result=1987 | oxford_adow | steppe | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q123991 | steppe | The treeless grassland plains of south-eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Siberia. The term is sometimes applied to somewhat similar, semi-arid regions in other continents....
... | ecoregion of plains grasslands without trees | [
"vegetational formation",
" ecoregion",
" habitat",
" ecosystem"
] | [
"grassland"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,058 |
550 | storm | storm | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3836?rskey=2j4rG2&result=1996 | oxford_adow | storm | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81054 | storm | no_definition | any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"atmospheric circulation",
" wind"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 88,557 |
551 | storm surge | storm surge | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1568?rskey=2j4rG2&result=2000 | oxford_adow | storm surge | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q121742 | storm surge | A deviation (either positive or negative) in the height of the sea surface from normal tidal levels, sometimes known as a ...
... | offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system | [] | [
"tide",
" flood"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 4,941 |
552 | STP | Stp | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | STP | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q102145 | standard temperature and pressure | no_definition | reference values for temperature and pressure | [
"reference point",
"technical standard"
] | [] | r | [] | 2,589 |
553 | Stratocumulus | Stratocumulus | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | Stratocumulus | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40564 | stratocumulus | A low cloud, predominantly stratiform, with low, lumpy, rounded masses, often with blue sky between them.
| genus of clouds | [
"cloud type"
] | [
"low-level cloud",
" stratus",
" cumulus"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,873 |
554 | stratopause | stratopause | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-1573?rskey=iCC8BT&result=2008 | oxford_adow | stratopause | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q205397 | stratopause | The boundary between the *stratosphere and the overlying *mesosphere, an *inversion, at which the temperature again begins to decrease with height. Its average altitude is ...
... | upper boundary of the stratosphere | [
"atmospheric or interstellar boundary"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,147 |
555 | Stratosphere | Stratosphere | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | Stratosphere | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q108376 | stratosphere | The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere (between 10 km and 50
km), generally characterized by an increase in temperature with height.
| layer of the atmosphere | [
"atmospheric layer"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 52,329 |
556 | stratus | stratus | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3495?rskey=iCC8BT&result=2014 | oxford_adow | stratus | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40526 | stratus | One of the main *cloud genera. A predominantly grey, low-level layer cloud that is relatively featureless and has a fairly uniform base (...
... | type of cloud | [
"cloud type"
] | [
"low-level cloud"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 3,702 |
557 | Streamflow | Streamflow | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Streamflow | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29425295 | streamflow | no_definition | the flow of water in streams, rivers, and other channels | [] | [
"flow of water"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 48,533 |
558 | Stress | Stress | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | Stress | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q123414 | stress | no_definition | organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus | [
"failure mode"
] | [
"biological process",
" risk factor"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 222,831 |
559 | sublimation | sublimation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3500?rskey=cvCUdT&result=2023 | oxford_adow | sublimation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131800 | sublimation | The process by which a substance changes phase from a solid to a gas, without passing through a liquid phase; the opposite of ...
... | transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state | [
"phase change"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 5,091 |
560 | subsidence | subsidence | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3503?rskey=cvCUdT&result=2026 | oxford_adow | subsidence | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2091656 | atmospheric subsidence | The slow descent of a mass of air, accompanied by *adiabatic warming and an increase in pressure. It is normally accompanied by ...
... | movement of colder, more dense air downwards within the atmosphere | [] | [] | r | [
"air current"
] | 16,480 |
561 | subtropical anticyclone | subtropical anticyclone | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3505?rskey=cvCUdT&result=2028 | oxford_adow | subtropical anticyclone | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177414 | anticyclone | One of the semi-permanent regions of high pressure centred approximately at latitudes 30° N and S, but which migrate north and south slightly with the seasons in response to changes in the strength of the ...
... | opposite to a cyclone | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon",
"pressure system"
] | [] | o | [
"weather",
"meteorological phenomenon"
] | 685 |
562 | subtropical high | Subtropical high | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | subtropical high | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q972926 | horse latitudes | A semipermanent high in the subtropical high-pressure belt centered near 30° latitude. The Bermuda high is
located over the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of North America. The Pacific high is located off the west
coast of North America.
| A latitude of 25 deg to 35 degree of both hemispheres is called horse latitude. | [] | [] | r | [
"zone"
] | 5,994 |
563 | subtropics | subtropics | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3507?rskey=cvCUdT&result=2032 | oxford_adow | subtropics | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16305538 | subtropics | The poorly defined, transitional climatic zones that lie between the *torrid and *temperate zones. The equatorial boundaries may be taken as the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the poleward boundaries as ...
... | geographic and climate zone | [
"geographic region"
] | [] | r | [
"climate zone"
] | 10,894 |
564 | sudden stratospheric warming | sudden stratospheric warming | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4268?rskey=cvCUdT&result=2036 | oxford_adow | sudden stratospheric warming | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1583422 | Sudden stratospheric warming | no_definition | meteorological phenomenon in the upper troposphere | [
"meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 394 |
565 | summer | Summer | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_8.html | ametsoc_g | summer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1313 | summer | no_definition | warmest of the four temperate seasons, beginning or centered around the summer solstice | [
"recurring event"
] | [] | r | [
"season"
] | 297,519 |
566 | Sun | Sun | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3518?rskey=isTlAj&result=2045 | oxford_adow | Sun | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q525 | Sun | The principal body in the solar system, defined technically as a main-sequence yellow dwarf star of spectral type G2 and luminosity class V. It has a diameter of 1 392 530 km, an effective surface temperature of 5 770 K, and an estimated central temperature of 15.6 × 10...
... | star at the centre of the Solar System | [
"G-type main-sequence star"
] | [] | r | [
"n"
] | 34,997 |
567 | sunshine | sunshine | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3524?rskey=isTlAj&result=2053 | oxford_adow | sunshine | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q193788 | sunlight | Direct solar radiation, as distinct from radiation that has been diffused by clouds or the atmosphere.
... | electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun | [
"energy source",
"renewable resource"
] | [] | r | [
"full-spectrum light",
"light"
] | 7,398 |
568 | supercooling | supercooling | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3530?rskey=WPOh82&result=2063 | oxford_adow | supercooling | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q213659 | supercooling | The state in which a substance (particularly water) exists as a liquid at a temperature below its normal freezing point. This often occurs in clouds that extend above the 0 °C ...
... | lowering the temperature of a liquid or gas below freezing without it becoming a solid | [] | [
"gas",
" thermodynamic process",
" liquid",
" state of matter"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 582 |
569 | supersaturation | Supersaturation | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | supersaturation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q334104 | supersaturation | A condition whereby the atmosphere contains more water vapor than is needed to produce saturation with
respect to a flat surface of pure water or ice, and the relative humidity is greater than 100 percent.
| state of a solution that contains more solute than can be dissolved at equilibrium | [
"condition"
] | [
"excess"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,844 |
570 | surface temperature | surface temperature | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3541?rskey=WPOh82&result=2072 | oxford_adow | surface temperature | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56297886 | surface temperature | The air temperature as measured inside a standard *thermometer screen or, in the case of *sea-surface temperature, measured either from a sample taken from the surface layer with an appropriate bucket, through an inlet below the waterline, or by use of a specialized radiation thermometer....
... | temperature at the surface of a body | [] | [
"thermodynamic temperature",
" physical quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 61,249 |
571 | surge | surge | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | surge | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q287381 | surge | A sudden and rapid forward movement of the
margin of a glacier. | event where a glacier can advance substantially | [
"natural phenomenon",
" natural disaster"
] | [
"motion"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 16,550 |
572 | swell | swell | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3548?rskey=WPOh82&result=2079 | oxford_adow | swell | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q185411 | swell | Sea waves that have been generated by a disturbance at some considerable distance, and which often persist long after the original storm has died away. As they radiate away from their origin, shorter wavelengths decline, as does the amplitude of the longer waves, leaving swell's characteristic low-amplitude long waves.... | series of waves generated by distant weather systems | [] | [
"wind wave"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 2,831 |
573 | synoptic meteorology | synoptic meteorology | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3553?rskey=bdItkP&result=2085 | oxford_adow | synoptic meteorology | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130221760 | synoptic meteorology | The division of meteorology that studies current weather across the globe by means of observations made at *synoptic stations...
... | a branch of meteorology that uses synoptic weather observations and charts for the diagnosis, study, and forecasting of weather | [
"branch of meteorology",
" academic discipline",
" field of study",
" specialty"
] | [
"meteorology"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 157 |
574 | synoptic scale | Synoptic scale | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_9.html | ametsoc_g | synoptic scale | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1233837 | synoptic scale meteorology | no_definition | 1000-km-order method of measuring weather systems | [] | [
"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25261"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,977 |
575 | synthetic aperture radar | synthetic aperture radar | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3556?rskey=bdItkP&result=2088 | oxford_adow | synthetic aperture radar | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q740686 | synthetic aperture radar | A form of *remote sensing used as an aircraft- or satellite-borne system. Motion of the transmitting and receiving aerial along the aircraft's path or satellite's orbit, and recording of the received radar echoes, are used to synthesize a larger apparent aerial size and thus dramatically increase surface resolution. Th... | form of radar which is used to create images of an object | [] | [
"scientific instrument",
" radar"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 818 |
576 | teleconnection | Teleconnection | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | teleconnection | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3982797 | teleconnection | a connection between changes in atmospheric or oceanic circulation over widely separated parts of the world. In physical terms, teleconnections are often a consequence of large‐scale wave motions, whereby energy is transferred from source regions along preferred paths in the atmosphere and ocean. For instance, atmosph... | climate anomalies being related to each other at large distances | [
"meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"atmospheric circulation"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 17,815 |
577 | temperate zone | temperate zone | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3566?rskey=bdItkP&result=2100 | oxford_adow | temperate zone | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q167466 | temperate climate | One of the two theoretical climatic zones that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle (23° 27′ and 66° 33′ N, respectively) and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle (23° 27′ and 66° 33′ S, respectively). ...
... | main climate class | [] | [] | r | [
"climate zone"
] | 1,495 |
578 | temperature | Temperature | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | temperature | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11466 | temperature | The degree of hotness or coldness of a substance as measured by a thermometer. It is also a measure of
the average speed or kinetic energy of the atoms and molecules in a substance.
| physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold | [
"state function"
] | [
"intensive quantity",
" scalar quantity"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,046,955 |
579 | temperatures | temperatures | https://huggingface.co/climatebert | climatebert_v | temperatures | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11466 | temperature | no_definition | physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold | [
"state function"
] | [] | r | [
"scalar quantity",
"intensive quantity"
] | 216,572 |
580 | tendency | tendency | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3569?rskey=QzN6Ll&result=2104 | oxford_adow | tendency | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55919789 | tendency | The rate of change of a particular meteorological element, such as pressure or temperature, over a specific period of time. The term is used (in particular) in ...
... | characteristic of an entity that makes a given outcome or event more likely than it would otherwise be | [
"philosophical concept",
" quality"
] | [
"possibility",
" contributing factor",
" quality"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 44,877 |
581 | termination | termination | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | termination | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23582432 | Termination | A 10,000-year interval of rapid melting of
ice sheets that brings to an end a longer (90,000-year)
interval of slower ice growth. | period of time during a glacial cycle when there is a relatively rapid transition from full glacial climates to full interglacial climates | [] | [] | r | [] | 13,614 |
582 | Terra | Terra | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3570?rskey=QzN6Ll&result=2107 | oxford_adow | Terra | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q584697 | Terra | A *polar-orbiting satellite launched on 19 December 1999 by NASA and part of the Earth Observing System. The advanced instrumentation is specifically designed to obtain comprehensive data for the study of ...
... | NASA climate research satellite | [
"artificial satellite of the Earth",
"Earth observation satellite"
] | [] | r | [] | 8,204 |
583 | TGF | TGF | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-4278?rskey=QzN6Ll&result=2112 | oxford_adow | TGF | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1584373 | terrestrial gamma-ray flash | no_definition | burst of gamma rays produced in the Earth's atmosphere | [] | [
"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20747295"
] | o | [
"phenomenon",
"bremsstrahlung"
] | 20,588 |
584 | theory | theory | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | theory | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17737 | theory | A hypothesis that has survived repeated testing. | contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking | [] | [
"idea"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 86,270 |
585 | thermal | thermal | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3576?rskey=QzN6Ll&result=2114 | oxford_adow | thermal | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q752823 | thermal | A bubble of air that is rising through the atmosphere as a result of being warmer, less dense than its surroundings, and hence buoyant. Thermals arise when localized heating of the surface produces a ...
... | column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere | [] | [] | r | [
"convection",
"vertical draft"
] | 161,853 |
586 | Thermistor | Thermistor | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_9.html | ametsoc_g | Thermistor | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q175973 | thermistor | no_definition | type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature | [] | [
"resistor"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 722 |
587 | thermocline | Thermocline | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | thermocline | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q849599 | thermocline | a zone of maximum vertical temperature gradient, separating warm and cold layers of water. The 20°C isotherm is often used as an indicator of thermocline depth in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. GLOSSARY 489 | distinct layer in a large body of fluid in which temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below | [] | [
"cline"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 16,499 |
588 | thermodynamics | THERMODYNAMICS | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | thermodynamics | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11473 | thermodynamics | In reference to the (in)stability of the atmosphere. Important thermodynamic information includes lapse rates, CAPE, changes in temperature / moisture with height, and cap strength. | branch of physics concerned with heat, work, temperature, and thermal or internal energy | [
"academic discipline",
" branch of physics"
] | [
"physical sciences"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 7,013 |
589 | thermohaline circulation | thermohaline circulation | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3588?rskey=KykPxP&result=2126 | oxford_adow | thermohaline circulation | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q463223 | thermohaline circulation | An oceanic circulation that is driven by changes in water density (and thus *buoyancy), caused by variations in temperature and ...
... | part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes | [] | [
"fluid flow"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 1,964 |
590 | threshold | threshold | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | threshold | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29051774 | threshold | A level at which a sudden change in the basic
nature of a climatic response occurs. | the quantitative point at which an action is triggered | [] | [] | r | [
"concept",
"property"
] | 130,137 |
591 | thunderstorm | Thunderstorm | https://ggweather.com/met10/Glossary.pdf | essen_meteo | thunderstorm | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2857578 | thunderstorm | A convective storm (cumulonimbus cloud) with lightning and thunder. Thunderstorms can be composed of
an ordinary cell, multicells, or a rapidly rotating supercell.
| a storm characterized by the presence of lightning, usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some produce little precipitation or no precipitation at all | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [
"storm",
" precipitation",
" weather"
] | r | [
"n"
] | 6,567 |
592 | tilt | tilt | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | tilt | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q179745 | axial tilt | The angle between Earth’s equatorial plane and the
plane of its orbit of the Sun, also equivalent to the angle
between Earth’s axis of rotation and a line perpendicular
to its axis of rotation around the Sun. Also referred to as obliquity . | angle between the rotational axis and orbital axis of a body | [
"scientific theory"
] | [] | r | [
"angular measure"
] | 9,179 |
593 | Time | Time | https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Category:Terms[PAGE_INFO]glossary_ametsoc_org_9.html | ametsoc_g | Time | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11471 | time | no_definition | dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future | [
"spatio-temporal entity",
"scalar quantity"
] | [] | r | [
"sequence"
] | 1,345,502 |
594 | time-series analysis | time-series analysis | https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Earths-Climate/p/1429255250 | ec_pf3 | time-series analysis | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11850042 | time series analysis | A group of techniques for extracting
periodic signals (cycles) from complex signals and quan-
tifying their strength, relative timing, and correlation. | area of statistics | [
"academic discipline"
] | [] | r | [
"statistics"
] | 498 |
595 | TOGA | TOGA | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3611?rskey=QGRKdq&result=2152 | oxford_adow | TOGA | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3540622 | Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere program | no_definition | ten-year study | [] | [
"mantle",
" draped garment",
" clothing in ancient Rome",
" clothing in ancient Greece"
] | r | [] | 2,134 |
596 | tornado | TORNADO | https://www.weather.gov/otx/Full_Weather_Glossary | weathergow_fwg | tornado | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8081 | tornado | A violent rotating column of air, usually forming a pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud with the circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena. | violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air | [
"type of meteorological phenomenon"
] | [] | r | [
"vortex",
"whirlwind",
"meteorological disaster",
"meteorological phenomenon"
] | 4,944 |
597 | tracer | tracer | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3620?rskey=uUoUnR&result=2163 | oxford_adow | tracer | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15835484 | tracer | A substance or property that may be used to track the motions of a fluid such as air or water. A fluorescent material, fluorescein, is commonly used in tracing water movements, for example. Wet-bulb ...
... | easily identified chemical or isotope used to track a process | [] | [
"material"
] | r | [
"chemical substance"
] | 26,492 |
598 | trade winds | Trade winds | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119548164 | enso_cc | trade winds | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q160603 | trade wind | relatively steady easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, deflected westward by the Coriolis force as air flows from higher pressure subtropical regions toward the equator. | permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region | [] | [] | r | [
"wind"
] | 5,035 |
599 | Tramontana | tramontana | https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191988356.001.0001/acref-9780191988356-e-3621?rskey=uUoUnR&result=2165 | oxford_adow | Tramontana | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q453122 | tramontane | A northerly or north-easterly wind over north-eastern Spain, south-eastern France, the Balearic Islands, the western Mediterranean, and Italy, which is normally cold and dry. Also French ...
... | wind | [] | [] | r | [
"fall wind"
] | 75 |
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