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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Mesoscale meteorology is the study of weather systems and processes at scales smaller than synoptic-scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-scale. Horizontal...
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Look up synoptic or Synoptic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Synoptic may refer to: Synoptic scale meteorology, a meteorological analysis over an area...
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breezes. Synoptic scale meteorology predicts atmospheric changes at scales up to 1000 km and 105 sec (28 days), in time and space. At the synoptic scale, the...
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network equipment vendor from 1985 until 1994 Synoptic scale meteorology, a visualisation of meteorology (particularly forecasts) applicable to the geostrophic...
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as opposed to mesometeorology and micrometeorology. See also synoptic-scale meteorology. MAFOR A North American system used in the transmission of marine...
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atmosphere). In synoptic scale we can expect horizontal velocities about U = 101 m.s−1 and vertical about W = 10−2 m.s−1. Horizontal scale is L = 106 m and...
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The omega equation is a culminating result in synoptic-scale meteorology. It is an elliptic partial differential equation, named because its left-hand...
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Surface weather analysis Synoptic scale meteorology Harper, Kristine (2008). Weather by numbers: The genesis of modern meteorology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT...
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weather observation synoptic scale meteorology teleconnection temperature temperature extremes (temperature inversion) inversion (meteorology) temperature record...
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Weather map (redirect from Synoptic weather chart)
A weather map, also known as synoptic weather chart, displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time and...
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microscale and storm-scale cumulus systems, skjjoch as sea breezes, squall lines, and mesoscale convective complexes Synoptic scale meteorology – is a horizontal...
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Low-pressure area (redirect from Depression (meteorology))
occur at various scales, from the microscale to the synoptic scale. Larger-scale troughs, also called Rossby waves, are synoptic in scale. Shortwave troughs...
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Explosive cyclogenesis (redirect from Bomb (meteorology))
Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, meteorological bomb, explosive development, bomb cyclone, or bombogenesis) is the rapid deepening...
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provider. ZAMG is divided into departments, including the following: The synoptic scale metrology department is responsible for providing daily forecasting...
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Its length scale is much smaller than that of and is embedded within longwaves, which are responsible for the largest scale (synoptic scale) weather systems...
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winds in this region; however, due to a unique combination of synoptic scale meteorology and orographic phenomena, the jet winds can reach much greater...
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Convergence zone (redirect from Convergence (meteorology))
and to the formation of clouds and precipitation. Large-scale convergence, called synoptic-scale convergence, is associated with weather systems such as...
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Cyclone (category Tropical cyclone meteorology)
largest scale (the synoptic scale). Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones also lie within the synoptic scale. Mesocyclones...
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Within the region a tropical cyclone is defined as being a non-frontal low-pressure system of synoptic scale that develops...
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Glossary of tornado terms (category Glossaries of meteorology)
tornado. Surface weather analysis Surface weather observation Synoptic scale meteorology Tail – (slang) A colloquial term for a tornado; most commonly...
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is an unofficial scale of meteorological phenomena that ranges in size from 40 metres (100 ft) to about 4 kilometres (2 mi). This scale was proposed by...
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Surface weather analysis (redirect from Shear line (meteorology))
Archived April 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Glossary of meteorology. Synoptic scale. Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-05-10...
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The timeline of meteorology contains events of scientific and technological advancements in the area of atmospheric sciences. The most notable advancements...
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Cyclogenesis (category Synoptic meteorology and weather)
cyclolysis. There are four main scales, or sizes of systems, dealt with in meteorology: the macroscale, the synoptic scale, the mesoscale, and the microscale...
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of meteorology are sometimes grouped together as "mesoscale and microscale meteorology" (MMM) and together study all phenomena smaller than synoptic scale;...
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currents; both are present at mesoscale while horizontal ones dominate at synoptic scale. Air currents are not only found in the troposphere, but extend to the...
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blizzards, and tornadoes. These types of cyclones are defined as large scale (synoptic) low pressure weather systems that occur in the middle latitudes of...
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cloud to one with a noticeable overshooting top and anvil (thanks to synoptic scale winds). Because of the chaotic nature of updrafts and downdrafts, pressure...
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Mesonet (redirect from Mesoscale meteorological network)
mesonet are spaced closer together and report more frequently than synoptic scale observing networks, such as the WMO Global Observing System (GOS) and...
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