- Industry: Weather
- Number of terms: 60695
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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, ...
Force, parallel to the streambed, exerted by flowing water on a sediment particle at rest.
Industry:Weather
For either hemisphere, the solstice at which the sun is above the opposite hemisphere. In northern latitudes, the time of this occurrence is approximately 22 December.
Industry:Weather
For a specified duration, one unit depth of net rainfall that occurs over an entire watershed at a uniform intensity.
Industry:Weather
Exposure of seed or plants to low temperature to induce or accelerate the development of the ability to form flowers.
Industry:Weather
Fog in the process of thickening with relative humidity near 100%, having droplets sufficiently large to be captured on surfaces.
Industry:Weather
Flow in open channels or closed conduits where flow characteristics such as depth or mean velocity do not change with distance.
Industry:Weather
Floating rod weighted at the base so that it travels in an almost vertical position; the immersed portion may be adjustable.
Industry:Weather
