List of meteorology topics

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

*advection
*aeroacoustics
*aerobiology
*aerography (meteorology)
*aerology
*air parcel (in meteorology)
*Air Quality Index (AQI)
*airshed (in meteorology)
*American Meteorological Society (AMS)
*anabatic wind
*anemometer
*annular hurricane
*anticyclone (in meteorology)
*apparent wind
*Atlantic hurricane
*atmometer
*atmosphere
*Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP)
*Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)
*(atmospheric boundary layer [ABL] ) planetary boundary layer (PBL)
*atmospheric chemistry
*atmospheric circulation
*atmospheric dispersion modeling
*atmospheric electricity
*atmospheric icing
*atmospheric physics
*atmospheric sciences
*atmospheric stratification
*atmospheric window (see under Threats)

B

*ball lightning
*balloon (aircraft)
*barometer ("to measure atmospheric pressure")
*berg wind
*blizzard
*bomb (meteorology)
*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 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
*cloud-bursting
*cloudburst (see "destruction" in paragraph 2 and see "Mumbai" in paragraph 3)
*CloudSat ("a NASA environmental satellite")
*coefficient of haze (in meteorology)
*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
*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)
*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 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
*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
*deposition (physics)
*(depression [meteorology] : see) low pressure area
*derecho (see also List of derecho events)
*dew
*dew point (dewpoint)
*disdrometer
*downwelling
*drizzle
*drought
*dry line (dew point line)
*dry season
*dusk

E

*Earth's atmosphere
*Earth's magnetic field
*economics of global warming
*effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (see also Hurricane Katrina effects by region)
*effect of sun angle on climate
*eolian processes
*equator (see under Equatorial climate)
*European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
*European Climate Change Programme (ECCP)
*European emission standards (for motor vehicles)
*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

*fog
*forensic meteorology
*freezing rain
*(front [meteorology] : see) surface weather analysis
*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 (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

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)
*greenhouse effect
*greenhouse gas (GHG)
*growing degree day (GDD)
*growing season

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)
*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)
*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
*lapse rate
*lenticular cloud
*life zone
*lightning
*lightning rod (lightning protector) (lightning finial)
*lightning safety
*(lightning storm) thunderstorm (T-storm) (electrical storm)
*lightvessel (lightship)
*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 )
*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
*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)
*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
*mesosphere
*mesothermal (in climatology)
*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
*Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006
*middle latitudes
*midnight
*millimeter cloud radar (millimeter wave cloud radar) (MMCR)
*mist
*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 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 (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 Center (in the US)
*National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region (at 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005)
*nautical almanac
*nephology
*nephoscope
*night sky
*nimbus cloud
*nitrogen cycle
*(nitrogen pollution: see) eutrophication (see under Atmospheric deposition)
*nitrogenomics
*NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (of the US)
*noctilucent cloud
*North Pole
*numerical weather prediction

O

*observational astronomy (see "light pollution" in places)
*observatory (see also list of observatories)
*occultation
*oceanic climate
*Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
*1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
*orographic lift
*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 (see under Polarization effects in everyday life)
*pole shift theory
*positive streamer
*post-glacial rebound
*potential evaporation
*potential temperature
*pyrocumulus

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
*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)

*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)
*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 (geostrategy in space] ) (astrostrategy)
*space weather
*(specific humidity: see) humidity (see under Specific Humidity)
*(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 surge
*storm tide
*storm track
*storm warning (see same for "storm watch")
*storm-scale
*stormwater
*stratopause
*stratosphere
*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")
*surface temperature inversion
*synoptic scale meteorology

T

*temperature
*temperature extremes
*(temperature inversion) inversion (meteorology)
*temperature record
*temperature record of the past 1000 years
*The Weather Network
*thermal equator
*thermometer
*thunder
*thundersnow
*thunderstorm (electrical storm)
*TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)
*tor
*tornado
*tornado warning
*tornado watch
*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

U

*U.S. state temperature extremes
*ultraviolet
*United States temperature extremes
*UV index

W

*water vapor
*weather
*weather lore
*wind
*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