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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, ...
The motion of ice driven by gravitational forces (see glacier flow) or, for sea ice, wind and water currents.
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The measurement and study of depths and currents in open seas, lakes, estuaries, and rivers.
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The lower portion of a two-part division of the atmosphere according to the general homogeneity of atmospheric composition; opposed to the heterosphere. The homosphere is the region in which there is no gross change in atmospheric composition, that is, all of the atmosphere from the earth's surface to about 80 or 100 km. See atmospheric shell.
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The mean difference between the readings of a given instrument and those of a standard instrument. See barometric corrections.
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The line of the piezometric head, or the line of the potential energy of flow.
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The lateral mixing of ambient environmental air into the edges of mixed-layer convective thermals or cumulus clouds, leaving a large undiluted core in the middle of the thermal. While this term is closely related to lateral entrainment, the phrase “lateral entrainment” is often associated with idealizations where the ambient air is mixed quickly across the whole diameter of the plume, leaving no undiluted core. While the lateral entrainment model has been applied successfully to smokestack plumes of meters to tens of meters in diameter, it is not appropriate for mixed-layer thermals of order 1 km in diameter.
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The height pattern of a physically defined surface, as revealed by contour lines. In meteorology, this may refer to a constant-pressure surface or to an isentropic surface in the atmosphere. Compare pressure pattern.
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The highest water level that can be predicted to occur under any combination of astronomical conditions.
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