- Industry: 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, ...
Satellite-borne spectrometer for measuring the total column amount of ozone above the earth. The spectrometer works by measuring the amount of ultraviolet radiation scattered back into space at several wavelengths. Data from TOMS have been invaluable in evaluating long-term trends in global ozone and also annual events such as the antarctic ozone hole.
Industry:Weather
Same as zodiac; also refers to the faint band of light seen along the ecliptic, which is due to sunlight scattering off interplanetary dust particles.
Industry:Weather
River or section of river (usually near the mouth) in which water levels and flow may be affected by the tides.
Industry:Weather
Rising motion associated with an atmospheric feature capable of releasing convective instability leading to thunderstorm development. Examples are rising motion associated with fronts, the dryline, gust fronts, upper-air disturbances, heated elevated terrain, terrain–airflow interaction, and sea breezes and other mesocale circulations resulting from horizontal gradients in radiative properties of the underlying surface.
Industry:Weather
Response of an organism to periodic (annual or diurnal) changes of temperature.
Industry:Weather
Refers to a spacecraft that rotates once per orbit, allowing its instruments to point constantly toward the earth.
Industry:Weather
Refers to a process by which internal and/or potential energy is transferred to kinetic energy, as for example in buoyant convection.
Industry:Weather
