- Industry: Weather
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The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, ...
Environmental satellite imagery sensed in the wavelengths between 0. 4 and 0. 75 μm in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Industry:Weather
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter in thermal equilibrium as the result of the thermal excitation of its molecules.
Industry:Weather
Electromagnetic radiation capable of evoking the sensation of vision in a normal human observer. See visible spectrum.
Industry:Weather
Either of the two latitudinal zones on the earth's surface that lie between 23°26′ and 66°34′N and S (the North Temperate Zone and South Temperate Zone, respectively). It is one of three subdivisions of the mathematical climate, which, in turn, is the earliest and simplest form of climatic classification. The other two divisions are the Frigid Zone and the Torrid Zone.
Industry:Weather
Duration as measured by some clock. Atomic clocks give the most accurate measure of time. Less regular timekeepers are those based on the rotation of the earth and other bodies of the solar system.
Industry:Weather
Dew that has frozen as the result of a fall in temperature to below freezing after the original formation of the dew. Compare hoarfrost.
Industry:Weather
Depth correction to a sounding line measurement for that portion of the line that is below the water surface when the flow deflects the sounding line downstream.
Industry:Weather
Deposited snow that contains a great deal of liquid water. If free water entirely fills the air space in the snow it is classified as “very wet” snow.
Industry:Weather
Criteria, determined by airline operators, that govern whether a particular aircraft under the control of a particular pilot may take off or land at a particular civil aerodrome. They include runway visual range and critical height for a landing and runway visual range and cloud ceiling for takeoff. A variety of weather minima may be simultaneously in force at the same aerodrome.
Industry:Weather
Dark bands in the solar spectrum caused by the absorption of solar radiation by the water vapor contained in the earth's atmosphere.
Industry:Weather
