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    A shortwave or shortwave trough is an embedded kink in the trough / ridge pattern. Its length scale is much smaller than that of and is embedded within...
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  • Shortwave listening List of shortwave radio broadcasters Shortwave (meteorology) Shortwave radiation Music Short Wave Live, the only album by Short Wave, a...
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  • Thumbnail for Synoptic scale meteorology
    In meteorology, the synoptic scale (also called the large scale or cyclonic scale) is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1,000 km (620 mi) or more...
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    In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations. Low-pressure...
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  • geophysics, shortwave flux is a result of specular and diffuse reflection of incident shortwave radiation by the underlying surface. This shortwave radiation...
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  • Thumbnail for 1971 Inverness tornado
    mechanism that storms could take advantage of, but surface-based shortwave meteorology was still very new, and subsequently, it was unknown how the system...
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    Cloud (redirect from Clouds (meteorology))
    In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the...
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  • According to James Kasting, planets whose atmospheres do not absorb shortwave sunlight, such as Venus and Mars, do not have a Stratosphere and thus...
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    Pressure system (category Meteorological phenomena)
    during the day. Pressure systems are analyzed by those in the field of meteorology within surface weather maps. A low-pressure area is a region where the...
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    High-pressure area (category Meteorological phenomena)
    than the pressure in the surrounding regions. Highs are middle-scale meteorological features that result from interplays between the relatively larger-scale...
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  • research in meteorology WRMI (branded Radio Miami International) an American shortwave radio station, often referred to on air as RMI Reaction Motors Inc., an...
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  • VOLMET (category Aviation meteorology)
    meteorological information for aircraft in flight, is a worldwide network of radio stations that broadcast TAF, SIGMET and METAR reports on shortwave...
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  • Tri-State tornado outbreak (category 1925 meteorology)
    advecting from the Gulf of Mexico. Simultaneously, a mid- to upper-level shortwave trough likely approached the northwest coast of the U.S. and moved rapidly...
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    Thunderstorm (category Mesoscale meteorology)
    a front. However, some kind of cloud forcing, whether it is a front, shortwave trough, or another system is needed for the air to rapidly accelerate...
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    star as in the case of the Earth. In the case of Earth, the Sun emits shortwave radiation (sunlight) that passes through greenhouse gases to heat the...
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    regime is the meteorological term meaning that the general flow pattern is west to east along the Earth's latitude lines, with weak shortwaves embedded in...
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    positive vorticity advection) of the atmosphere such as with troughs, both shortwave and longwave. Jet streak dynamics through the imbalance of Coriolis and...
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    signals. Radio waves in the HF band (3 to 30 MHz) (also known as the shortwave band) are reflected by the ionosphere. Since the ground also reflects...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian National Satellite System
    Research Organisation (ISRO) to satisfy telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the...
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  • Thumbnail for 2011 Rainsville tornado
    violent tornadoes ever documented. On April 25, a potent upper-level shortwave trough advanced into the Southern Plains states. The combination of abundant...
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    mostly the optical and infrared. Also, out of about 340 W/m2 of reflected shortwave (105 W/m2) plus outgoing longwave radiation (235 W/m2), 80-100 W/m2 exits...
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    1996 Lake Huron cyclone (category 1996 meteorology)
    weak low-pressure area was situated close to Lake Superior, as well as a shortwave trough over Ontario. The storm was centered over Lake Michigan, and its...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyrgeometer
    It has a transmittance between 4.5 μm and 50 μm that eliminates solar shortwave radiation. A temperature sensor to measure the body temperature of the...
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    radio service Radio Canada International historically transmitted via shortwave radio, but since 2012 its content is only available as podcasts on its...
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  • Thumbnail for Outgoing longwave radiation
    is in the infrared portion of the spectrum, but is distinct from the shortwave (SW) near-infrared radiation found in sunlight.: 2251  Outgoing longwave...
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  • Thumbnail for Climate model
    section. Universities: Relevant departments include atmospheric sciences, meteorology, climatology, and geography. National and international research laboratories:...
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  • Thumbnail for Earth's energy budget
    as infrared radiation can be either shortwave or longwave. Sunlight contains significant amounts of shortwave infrared radiation. A threshold wavelength...
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    November 1 indicated no eyewall. Early on November 2, synoptic data showed a shortwave trough moving off Asia. As such, the JTWC expected Betty to re-curve near...
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    NHK World-Japan is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, and the shortwave radio service Radio Japan (RJ). World Radio Japan also makes some of its...
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    latitude, where there is sufficient forcing from upper-level troughs or shortwaves riding the Westerlies for the process of extratropical transition to begin...
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