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21National Weather Service — NWS Agency overview Formed February 9, 1870 Jurisdiction …
22weather forecasting — Prediction of the weather through application of the principles of physics and meteorology. Weather forecasting predicts atmospheric phenomena and changes on the Earth s surface caused by atmospheric conditions (snow and ice cover, storm tides,… …
23Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… …
24Topic outline of meteorology — For a more comprehensive list, see the List of meteorology topics. Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events… …
25Outline of meteorology — See also: Index of meteorology articles Eye of Hurricane Isabel from the International Space Station, September 15, 2003. Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting.… …
26Kite types — Colorful delta wing kite Kites are tethered flying objects which fly by using aerodynamic lift, requiring wind, (or towing), for generation of airflow over the lifting surfaces. Contents 1 Kite …
27Global horizontal sounding technique — The Global horizontal sounding technique (GHOST) program was an atmospheric field research project for gathering weather data with balloons. Unlike radiosonde balloons which collect vertical atmospheric sounding data over the release point during …
28Pavel Molchanov — Pavel Alexandrovich Molchanov ( ru. Павел Александрович Молчанов) (OldStyleDate|February 18|1893|February 6 in Volosovo, Imperial Russia mdash; October 1941, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian meteorologist, who invented and launched for the… …
29Rocketsonde — A rocketsonde, a kind of sounding rocket, is a system for atmospheric observations that consists of a rocket that launches instruments that can make weather observations up to an altitude of 75,000 m. Common meteorological rockets (rocketsondes)… …
30telemetry — te·lem·e·try (tə lĕmʹĭ trē) n. The science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving stations for recording and analysis. tel… …
