Meteorology

Meteorology

A database of terms pertaining to the scientific study of the atmosphere.

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Meteorology

The angle or distance by which two targets at the same range must be separated in azimuth to be distinguished by a radar. Targets separated less than this distance appear as a single target on the ...

écoulement axisymétrique

Météo; Météorologique

In hydrodynamics and fluid mechanics, a flow in which the streamlines are symmetrically located around an axis. Every longitudinal plane through the axis would exhibit the same streamline pattern.

turbulence axisymétrique

Météo; Météorologique

Turbulence that is symmetrically distributed about the direction of the mean flow, as in a pipe or wind tunnel.

Ayala

Météo; Météorologique

A warm and violently squally southeast wind in the center of the Massif Central of France. In spring it causes rapid melting of the snow, and in autumn it brings heavy rain; both cause flooding of ...

azimut

Météo; Météorologique

The length of the arc of the horizon (in degrees) intercepted between a given point and a reference direction, usually north, and measured clockwise from the reference direction. Azimuth may be ...

échelle azimut

Météo; Météorologique

In radar, a circular scale at the outer perimeter of a PPI (plan position indicator) display on which the azimuth angle is indicated.

courant des Açores

Météo; Météorologique

One of the currents of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. It receives some 15 Sv (15 × 106m3s−1) from the North Atlantic Current near 45°W and continues as an eastward current along 35°N to ...