Index of meteorology articles

A

advection

aeroacoustics

aerobiology

aerography (meteorology)

aerology

air parcel (in meteorology)

Air Quality Index (AQI)

airshed (in meteorology)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Meteorological Society (AMS)

anabatic wind

anemometer

annular hurricane

anticyclone (in meteorology)

apparent wind

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)

Atlantic hurricane season

atmometer

atmosphere

Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP)

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)

(atmospheric boundary layer [ABL]) planetary boundary layer (PBL)

atmospheric chemistry

atmospheric circulation

atmospheric convection

atmospheric dispersion modeling

atmospheric electricity

atmospheric icing

atmospheric physics

atmospheric pressure

atmospheric sciences

atmospheric stratification

atmospheric thermodynamics

atmospheric window (see under Threats)

B

ball 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 Carbon monoxide in the atmosphere)

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)

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 Operations and Research Board (in the US) (see under Weather Control)

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 "Energy and Climate Change" under Goals)

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 Laboratory (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

Enhanced Fujita scale (EF scale)

eolian processes

equator (see under Equatorial 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 The 1900 Storm)

Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (in the US)

gas balloon (see under Gas balloons today)

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 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

ice

Ice Accretion Indicator

ice age

ice storm

Ice Storm Warning

illuminance

impact winter

impluvium

in situ (see under Earth and atmospheric sciences)

incidental radiator

India Meteorological Department

Indian summer

infrared (IR) radiation (see under Meteorology)

insolation

instrument meteorological conditions (IMG)

instrumental temperature record

intentional radiator

International Meteorological Organization (IMO)

International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)

International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS)

inversion

Invest (meteorology)

ion wind (ion wind) (coronal wind)

ionosonde (chirpsounder)

ionosphere

ionospheric reflection

ionospheric sounding

iron cycle

irradiance

irradiation

isobar

isochore (in a thermodynamic diagram)

isodrosotherm

isogon (meteorology)

(isogram) contour line (level set) (isarithm)

isohel

isohume

isohyet

isohypse (in topography)

isotherm

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 countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

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 (see also Category:North Indian cyclone seasons)

List of derecho events

list of notable tropical cyclones

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

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

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" in paragraph 3 under Release of mercury into the environment)

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

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)

nitrogenomics

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

Pacific decadal oscillation

paleoclimatology

paleomagnetism

paleotempestology

parts-per notation

photovore

planetary boundary layer (PBL)

pluvial lake

polar circle

polar climate

polar easterlies

polar high

polar ice cap

(polar light: see) aurora (astronomy)

polar low

(polar mesospheric cloud) noctilucent cloud

polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE)

polar night

polar region

(polar reversal) magnetic polarity reversal

polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) (nacreous cloud)

Polarization (waves) (see under Polarization effects in everyday life)

pole shift theory

positive streamer

post-glacial rebound

potential evaporation

potential temperature

precipitation

pressure gradient

pressure gradient force (PGF)

pyrocumulus

Q

Quantitative precipitation estimation

Quantitative precipitation forecast

Quasi-geostrophic equations

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

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

satellite temperature measurements

(Sea Islands Hurricane) 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane

sea level

(sea level pressure) atmospheric pressure

sea surface temperature (SST)

severe weather

severe weather terminology (United States)

Skew-T log-P diagram

sky

skyglow

smoke

snow

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

solar azimuth angle

solar cell

solar collector

solar constant

solar cycle

solar eclipse

solar flare (see under Hazards)

solar furnace

solar greenhouse (technical)

solar heating

solar maximum

Solar Maximum Mission

solar minimum

solar mirror

solar proton event

solar radiation (solar irradiance)

(solar storm) geomagnetic storm

solar thermal collector

solar thermal energy

solar updraft tower

solar variation

solar wind

solarium

space geostrategy (astrostrategy) (geostrategy in space)

Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)

space weather

(specific humidity: see) humidity (see under Specific Humidity)

squall

squall line

(standard atmospheric pressure) atmospheric pressure (standard atmosphere)

standard conditions for temperature and pressure

storm

storm cellar

storm chasing

storm drain (storm sewer) (stormwater drain)

storm-scale

storm surge

storm tide

storm track

storm warning (see same for "storm watch")

storm scale

stormwater

stratopause

stratosphere

Stüve diagram

subarctic

subarctic climate

subtropical cyclone (see same for "subtropical depression" and for "subtropical storm")

subtropics (see same for "subtropical" and for "subtropical climate")

sudden ionospheric disturbance (SID)

sudden stratospheric warming

sun

sun dog (sundog) (parhelion)

sunlight

sunshower

sunspot (see under "Significant events")

supercell

surface temperature inversion

surface weather analysis

surface weather observation

synoptic scale meteorology

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 and damage

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 waves (African easterly waves)

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

U.S. state temperature extremes

ultraviolet

United States temperature extremes

urban heat island (UHI)

UV index

V

vapor pressure

virtual temperature

vorticity

W

waterspout

water vapor

weather

weather forecasting

weather front

weather lore

Weather Prediction Center (WPC)

weather radar

weather satellite

wet-bulb potential temperature

wet-bulb temperature

wind

wind chill

wind direction

wind gradient

wind profiler

wind shear

wind speed

windcatcher

Windscale fire

winter storm

Winter Storm Warning

Winter Weather Advisory

World Asthma Day

World Climate Change Conference, Moscow

World Climate Conference

World Climate Programme

World Climate Report

World Climate Research Programme

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

World Solar Challenge

Z

Zonal wavenumber