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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, ...
A line drawn through geographic points having equal anomaly of some meteorological quantity. Compare isabnormal line.
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The science that treats the origin, structure, and various other features of all the forms of precipitation.
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On a chart or diagram, a line of equal deviation from normal. Compare isanomalous line.
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A line of equal percent deficiency from the mean. The term was introduced by W. R. Baldwin-Wiseman (1934) for a line showing equal differences of the cumulative rainfalls for each month of a drought period from the long-period average rainfall of the month, expressed as percent of the latter.
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A line of equal atmospheric-pressure range during a specified time interval.
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A line drawn through geographical points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date.
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Suffix meaning sun or solar in terms related to meteorological optics. Compare selene.
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A boxlike structure designed to protect certain meteorological instruments from exposure to direct sunshine, precipitation, and condensation, while at the same time providing adequate ventilation. Instrument shelters are usually painted white, have louvered sides, usually a double roof, and are mounted on a stand a meter or so above the ground with the door side facing poleward. Instrument shelters are meant to house thermometric instruments, such as psychrometers, maximum and minimum thermometers, hygrothermographs, etc. See airways shelter, cotton- region shelter, Stevenson screen.
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