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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, ...
Colorless gas, formula CO2, molecular weight 44; the fourth most abundant gas in dry air. The end product of the combustion or oxidation of organic material, including fossil fuels, CO2 is a very strong greenhouse gas and has very important radiative effects. Carbon dioxide is soluble in water, and the atmospheric concentration is buffered by dissolution in seawater. Carbon dioxide is taken up by the biosphere during photosynthesis, and large amounts of carbon can be stored in decaying organic matter.
Industry:Weather
Cirrus, the filaments of which are very irregularly curved, or more or less zigzag, and often apparently entangled.
Industry:Weather
Center where meteorological information is received and relayed via telecommunication means.
Industry:Weather
Change made to a measured or observed quantity to allow for errors and thus obtain a closer approximation to the true value.
Industry:Weather
Averages of climatological data calculated for the following consecutive 30-yr periods, established by international agreement: 1 January 1901 to 31 December 1930; 1 January 1931 to 31 December 1960; 1 January 1961 to 31 December 1990; 1 January 1991 to 31 December 2020; etc. See normal.
Industry:Weather
At any given level in the atmosphere, any trough that is generally characterized by colder air near its center than its surroundings. See cold low.
Industry:Weather
At any given instant, the atmospheric pressure at the center of a high or low; the highest pressure in a high, the lowest pressure in a low. Central pressure almost invariably refers to sea level pressure of systems on a surface chart.
Industry:Weather
As used in the Wisconsin tobacco industry, foggy weather that moistens the tobacco hanging in the sheds and makes it fit for handling and removal. The tobacco when thus moistened is said to be “in case. ”
Industry:Weather
