Index of meteorology articles

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This is a list of meteorology topics. The terms relate to meteorology, the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. (see also: List of meteorological phenomena)

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A

B

baller lightning
balloon (aircraft)
baroclinity
barotropity
barometer ("to measure atmospheric pressure")
berg wind
biometeorology
blizzard
bomb (meteorology)
buoyancy
Bureau of Meteorology (in Australia)

C

Canada Weather Extremes
Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC)
Cape Verde-type hurricane
capping inversion (in meteorology) (see "severe thunderstorms" in paragraph 5)
carbon cycle
carbon fixation
carbon flux
carbon monoxide (see under Atmospheric presence)
ceiling balloon ("to determine the height of the base of clouds above ground level")
ceilometer ("to determine the height of a cloud base")
celestial coordinate system
celestial equator
celestial horizon (rational horizon)
celestial navigation (astronavigation)
celestial pole
Celsius
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) (in Oklahoma in the US)
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (based in Arizona in the US)
(Central America Hurricane of 1857: see) SS Central America (Ship of Gold)
Central Florida Tornado of February 2007
Certified Consulting Meteorologist
chaos theory (see "butterfly effect" under Chaotic dynamics)
(Chapman cycle: see) ozone-oxygen cycle
chemtrail theory
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
chinook wind (see "inversion smog" under Chinooks and health)
Henry Helm Clayton
clear-air turbulence (CAT)
climate
climate change
Climate Diagnostics Center (in the US)
climate engineering
(climate forcing: see) radiative forcing
Climate Group
climate house
climate model
climate modeller
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) (in the US)
Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN) (British charity)
(climate parameters, forcings and feedbacks: see) parametrization (climate)
Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
(climate science: see) climatology
climate sensitivity
(climate simulation: see) climate model
climate surprise
(climate techno-fix: see) climate engineering
(climate theory: see) Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (see "climate theory" in paragraph 3 under Political views)
(climate variability: see) climate change
(climate warming: see) global warming
(climate weapon: see) Weather modification (see under In the military)
climateprediction.net (CPDN) (distributed computing project)
climatic determinism (equatorial paradox) (see also environmental determinism)
Climatic Regions of India
Climatic Research Unit (at the University of East Anglia in the UK)
(climatic zone: see) clime
climatology
clime (climatic zone)
Clinton Foundation (see under Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI))
cloud
cloud albedo ("a measure of the reflectivity of a cloud")
cloud base ("the lowest altitude of the visible portion of a cloud")
cloud chamber (Wilson chamber) ("for detecting ... ionizing radiation")
cloud condensation nuclei (CCNs) (see under Phytoplankton role)
cloud cover
cloud feedback
cloud forcing (see "greenhouse effect" in paragraph 2)
cloud forest
(cloud formation: see) nephology
cloud physics
cloud seeding
cloud street
cloud suck
cloudburst (see "destruction" in paragraph 2 and see "Mumbai" in paragraph 3)
CloudSat ("a NASA environmental satellite")
coefficient of haze (in meteorology)
cold-core low
cold weather boot
cold weather rule (cold weather law) (for public utility companies)
(coldest place on earth: see) climate of Antarctica (see under Temperature)
coldest temperature achieved on Earth
Colorado low
Community Climate System Model
continental climate
contrail
controlled airspace
controlled atmosphere (for agricultural storage)
convection (see under Atmospheric convection)
convective available potential energy (CAPE) (in meteorology)
convective condensation level (CCL)
convective inhibition (CIN)
convective instability
convective temperature (T_c)
Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications (CIASTA)
Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR)
Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)
Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS)
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems (CIPS)
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
corona (meteorology)
COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate)
Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope (CAT)
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) ("to investigate the cosmic background radiation" etc.)
cosmic microwave background experiments
cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) (CMBR) (CBR) (MBR)
cosmic noise
cosmic ray (see under Lightning)
Cosmochemical Periodic Table of the Elements in the Solar System
cosmochemistry
cumulonimbus cloud (see under Effects)
(cumulonimbus with mammatus: see) mammatus cloud
(cumulonimbus with pileus: see) pileus (meteorology)
cumulus castellanus cloud
cumulus cloud
cumulus congestus cloud
cumulus humilis cloud
cumulus mediocris cloud
(cup anemometer: see) anemometer (see under Cup anemometers)
current solar income
cyclogenesis
cyclone
cyclone furnace (a type of coal combustor)
(cyclone preparedness: see) hurricane preparedness
cyclonic separation (method of removing particles from an air or gas stream)

D

D region (in the atmosphere)
Darrieus wind turbine
dawn
dBZ (meteorology)
degree (temperature)
deicing
dendroclimatology ("extracting past climate information from information in trees")
density altitude
Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone (DCVZ)
deposition (physics)
(depression [meteorology]: see) low pressure area
derecho (see also List of derecho events)
dew
dew point (dewpoint, T_d)
dew point depression
disdrometer
downwelling
drizzle
drought
dry-bulb temperature
dry line (dew point line)
dry punch
dry season
dusk

E

Earth's atmosphere
Earth's magnetic field
Earth System Research Laboratories (ESRL)
economics of global warming
Emagram
effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (see also Hurricane Katrina effects by region)
effect of sun angle on climate
Energy meteorology
Enhanced Fujita scale (EF scale)
eolian processes
equator (see under Equatorial seasons and climate)
equilibrium level (EL)
equivalent potential temperature
equivalent temperature
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
European Climate Change Programme (ECCP)
European emission standards (for motor vehicles)
European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL)
European windstorm
evaporation
evaporative cooler
evaporative cooling
evaporite (a mineral sediment resulting from evaporation of saline water)
evapotranspiration (ET) (sum of evaporation and plant transpiration)
exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) (exhaust gas recycling)
exosphere (layer of atmosphere)
extratropical cyclone (mid-latitude cyclone)
extreme weather
extremes on Earth

F

fire whirl
firestorm
fog
forensic meteorology
free convective layer (FCL)
freezing rain
(front [meteorology]: see) surface weather analysis
frontogenesis
frontolysis
frost
frost creep (frost heave)
frost flowers (frost castles) (ice castles) (ice ribbons) (ice blossoms)
frost heaving (frost heave)
frost law
frost line
(frost point: see) dew point (dewpoint)
frostbite
Fujita scale (F scale) (for measuring tornadoes)
fulgurite
(full lunar eclipse: see) lunar eclipse
full-spectrum light
funnel cloud (related to a tornado)

G

galactic cosmic ray (GCR)
gale
gale warning
Galileo thermometer (Galilean thermometer)
Galveston, Texas (see under Hurricane of 1900 and recovery)
Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (in the US)
gas balloon (see under History)
gas flare (flare stack)
(gas warfare: see) chemical warfare
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
glossary of climate change
glossary of environmental science
glossary of tornado terms
glossary of tropical cyclone terms
glossary of wildfire terms
gustnado

Ge-Gk

geomagnetic storm
(geomagnetism: see) Earth's magnetic field
geospatial technology (Spatial Information Technology)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) (a program of the US)
geostatistics
geostrophic wind
Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
Global Forecast System (GFS)
global warming
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gas (GHG)
growing degree day (GDD)
growing season
gust front

H

hail
halo (optical phenomenon)
haze
heat
(heat budget: see) radiation budget
(heat equator: see) thermal equator
(heat lightning: see) lightning
heat wave
heating degree day (HDD)
(Heaviside layer) Kennelly–Heaviside layer (E region) (in the atmosphere)
Heavy snow warning
heliostat
High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)
high pressure area
High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector
high-altitude airship (HAA)
hodograph
humid continental climate
humid subtropical climate
(humidex) heat index (HI)
humidity
HurriQuake nail (for resisting hurricanes and earthquakes)
(hydrologic cycle) water cycle
hydrological phenomenon
hydrology
hydrosphere
hygrometer (different from hydrometer)
hypercane ("hypothetical class of hurricane")

I

K

katabatic wind

L

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
lake effect snow (a snowsquall)
(lake surge: see) storm surge
land hemisphere
land lighthouse
landspout
lapse rate
Lemon technique
lenticular cloud
level of free convection (LFC)
life zone
lifted condensation level (LCL)
lifted index (LI)
lightning
lightning detection
lightning prediction system
lightning rod (lightning protector) (lightning finial)
lightning safety
(lightning storm) thunderstorm (T-storm) (electrical storm)
lightvessel (lightship)
line echo wave pattern (LEWP)
line source ("a source of air, noise, water contamination or electromagnetic radiation")
(list of all-time high and low temperatures by state: see) U.S. state temperature extremes
list of basic earth science topics
list of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
list of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes
list of cloud types
list of coastal weather stations of the United Kingdom
list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
list of Earth observation satellites
list of lighthouses and lightvessels
list of meteorological phenomena
list of most polluting power stations
list of named tropical cyclones
list of Northern Indian Ocean tropical cyclone seasons
List of derecho events
list of power outages
list of scientific journals in earth and atmospheric sciences
list of Solar Cycles (list of sunspot cycles)
list of tornado-related deaths at schools
list of weather instruments
list of weather records
Little Ice Age (LIA)
Local storm report
low pressure area (see same for "low-pressure cell")
(lowest elevations: see) list of places on land with elevations below sea level
(luminous pollution) light pollution (photopollution)
lunar phase

M

Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)
magnetic storm (geomagnetic storm)
magnetopause
magnetosheath
magnetosphere
marine west coast climate (maritime climate) (oceanic climate)
Mars Climate Orbiter
Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (Martian Radiation Experiment) (MARIE)
maximum parcel level (MPL)
maximum sustained wind
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M)
mean radiant temperature (MRT)
Mediterranean climate
medium Earth orbit (MEO) (intermediate circular orbit) (ICO)
megathermal (macrothermal)
melting
mercury (element) (see "Clean Air Act" under United States)
mercury-in-glass thermometer
mesopause
mesoscale convective complex (MCC)
mesoscale convective system (MCS)
mesoscale convective vortex (MCV)
mesoscale meteorology
mesocyclone
mesohigh
mesolow
mesonet
mesosphere
mesothermal (in climatology)
mesovortex
Met Office (previously Meteorological Office) (the UK's national weather service)
meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina
Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
meteorology
metrology
Miami Tornado (of May 12, 1997)
Miami tornadoes of 2003
microclimate
microscale meteorology
Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006
middle latitudes
midnight
millimeter cloud radar (millimeter wave cloud radar) (MMCR)
misoscale meteorology
mist
mixed layer
mixing ratio
moisture
molecular-scale temperature
moonlight

N

NASA Clean Air Study
NASA Earth Observatory
NASA World Wind (virtual globe)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) (in the US)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (in the US)
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (in the US)
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (in the US)
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) (in the US)
(National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service: see) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (in the US)
National Geomagnetism Program (in the US)
National Hurricane Center (NHC) (in the US)
National Map (in the US)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (in the US)
(National Severe Storms Forecast Center [NSSFC]: renamed) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) (in the US)
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) (in the US)
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) (in the US)
National Solar Observatory (in the US)
National Weather Association (NWA) (in the US)
National Weather Center (NWC) (in the US)
National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region (at 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005)
National Weather Service (NWS)
nautical almanac
nephology
nephoscope
night sky
nimbus cloud
nitrogen cycle
(nitrogen pollution: see) eutrophication (see under Atmospheric deposition)
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) (of the US)
noctilucent cloud
North Atlantic tropical cyclone
North Pole
numerical weather prediction

O

observational astronomy (see "light pollution" in places)
observatory (see also list of observatories)
ocean heat content (OHC)
Ocean Prediction Center (OHC)
occultation
oceanic climate
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
orographic lift
outflow boundary
oxygen
oxygen cycle
ozone
ozone depletion
ozone depletion potential (ODP)
ozone layer (ozonosphere layer)
ozone-oxygen cycle

P

Q

R

radiance
radiant barrier
radiant energy
radiation
radiation budget
radiation hormesis
radiation poisoning (radiation sickness)
radiative cooling
radiative forcing
radiological weapon (radiological dispersion device [RDD])
radiosonde
radius of outermost closed isobar
rain
rain fade (fading of signal by rain or snow)
rain gauge
rain sensor
rain shadow
rainbow
rainforest
rarefaction
RealClimate (commentary site on climate science)
RealSky (digital photographic sky atlas)
relative humidity
relative pressure
(relief precipitation: see) orographic lift
research balloon
resistance thermometer (resistance temperature detector) (RTD)
rime (frost)

S

T

teleconnection
temperature
temperature extremes
(temperature inversion) inversion (meteorology)
temperature record
temperature record of the past 1000 years
tephigram
The Weather Channel (TWC)
The Weather Network
thermal equator
thermodynamic temperature
thermometer
thunder
thundersnow
thunderstorm (electrical storm)
TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)
TOR
tornado
tornado climatology
tornado intensity
tornado warning
tornado watch
tornado emergency
tornadogenesis
torr (symbol: Torr) (millimetre of mercury) (mmHg)
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
tropical climate
tropical cyclogenesis
tropical cyclone (tropical storm) (typhoon) (hurricane)
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA)
tropical cyclone observation
tropical cyclone prediction model
tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
tropical cyclone scales
Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere program (TOGA)
tropical rain belt
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (in Indonesia)
(Tropical Research Institute) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) (in Panama)
Tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT)
tropical wave (African easterly wave)
tropopause
troposphere
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)
tropospheric ozone
tsunami
Tsunami PTSD Center (Tsunami Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Center)
tsunami warning system
typical meteorological year

U

V

Z

Zonal wavenumber

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