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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, ...
Waves with a restoring force arising from variations in depth. The stretching or compression of displaced columns of water generates anomalous vorticity tending to drive them back to their original position.
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The spatial gradient of potential temperature on an isopycnal surface. If thermoclinicity is zero, all fluid parcels in an isopycnal surface have the same potential temperature and are interchangeable. If thermoclinicity is nonzero, fluid parcels in the same isopycnal surface can have different potential temperature ''T'' and salinity ''S''. Exchange of such parcels will lead to large ''T''/''S'' differences within the surface.
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The wavenumber in the zonal direction, that is, along a line of constant latitude. See wavenumber for ambiguities in the usage of this term.
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Turbulence formed by velocity shear at the edges of the region of decelerated flow that forms behind an obstacle either fixed in a moving fluid (e.g., mountains) or moving relative to a fluid (e.g., aircraft).
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The total amount of ozone present in a column of the earth's atmosphere, often expressed in Dobson units.
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The time-dependent response of the climate system to a change in external forcing as simulated by a climate model. The transient climate response differs from the equilibrium response because of the varying time constants of different components of the climate system.
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The stage, on a fixed river gauge, at which it is necessary to initiate warnings for precautionary measures to be taken before flood stage is reached.
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In oceanography, the excess of the actual specific volume of the seawater at any point in the ocean over the specific volume of seawater of salinity 35 psu and temperature 0°C at the same pressure. The integral of specific-volume anomaly with depth is the dynamic-height anomaly. See thermosteric anomaly.
Industry:Weather
Water present within the zone between the regional water table and the ground surface, that is, within the vadose zone.
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