- Industria: 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, ...
Maximum distance at which an observer can see and identify an object lying close to the horizontal plane on which he or she is standing.
Industry:Weather
Maximum volumetric rate at which water can be absorbed by a porous material, per unit area, under given conditions.
Industry:Weather
Methods of flood routing that are based on the combination of the continuity equation and a storage relationship.
Industry:Weather
Longitudinal and lateral spreading (at a macroscopic level) of a solute being advected through porous media due to mechanical dispersion and molecular diffusion.
Industry:Weather
Literally, an instrument for measuring height; specifically, an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure by determining the boiling point of a liquid at the station. The relationship between the boiling point of a liquid and atmospheric pressure is given by the Clapeyron–Clausius equation. The sensitivity of the hypsometer increases with decreasing pressure, making it more useful for high-altitude work. Consequently, hypsometers are frequently used for height estimation.
Industry:Weather
Line joining geographical points of equal insolation during a specific interval of time.
Industry:Weather
Instrument for measuring total particulate matter in the atmosphere. Air is drawn into the instrument at a high flow rate of 1–2 m3 min−1 and passes through a filter bed that traps particles. The high-volume filter is the current standard recommended by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency for measurement of particulate matter in the atmosphere.
Industry:Weather
In U. S. Weather observing practice, a visible electrical discharge in the atmosphere. Lightning is the most common and important type, but types of corona discharge are also included. Compare electrometeor.
Industry:Weather
