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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, ...
Generally, the application of meteorological data and techniques to industrial, business, or commercial problems.
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Having the same properties in all directions. Obtained by combining the Greek iso, meaning alike or same, and tropos, meaning turning. Its antonym is anisotropic.
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Generally, an interval of geologic time that was marked by a major poleward retreat of ice. This may be applied to an entire interval between ice ages or (rarely) to the individual “stages” that make up an interglacial period.
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General term for winds characterized by intense heat and low relative humidity, such as summertime desert winds or an extreme foehn.
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Generally, a thunderstorm based at a comparatively high altitude in the atmosphere, roughly 2400 m or higher. These storms form most strikingly over arid regions, and frequently their precipitation is evaporated before reaching the earth's surface.
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Following C. W. Thornthwaite's 1931 terminology, a name sometimes given to temperate rainy climates. See humid climate, mesothermal climate.
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Free radical of formula HO2, formed by the transfer of a hydrogen atom to molecular oxygen. The hydroperoxyl radical is a chain carrier in the atmosphere and in combustion systems. In the stratosphere, it is involved in ozone-destroying chain reactions. In the troposphere, it is formed as an intermediate in the oxidation of most hydrocarbons.
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For a set of numbers, the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of their reciprocals.
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For flow over a hill, the bottom layer of air in the boundary layer that slows down relative to winds at the same height upstream of the hill in response to drag against the surface.
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