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• Mixed layer
  ...]] at the tops of [[cloud]] or [[fog]] layers within the mixed layer. The terms mixed layer, convective mixed layer, and convective boundary layer commonl
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• Particles
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• Planetary-geostrophic
  ...der of the earth's radius, obtained by suppressing [[nonlinear]] advection terms from the [[momentum]] equations.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The rem
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• Pluviometric coefficient
  ...istribution of the normal annual [[precipitation]] in terms of each month's "share" of the annual amount. <br/>''See'' [[isomer]].</div><br/> </div>
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• Potential vorticity
  ...t has become accepted to define 1.0 &times; 10^-6 m² s^-1K kg^-1 as one potential vorticity unit (1 PVU). <br/
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• Precipitable water
  ...in a column of unit cross section extending all of the way from the earth's surface to the "top" of the [[atmosphere]]. Mathematically, if ''x''(''p'')
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• Psychrometric formula
  ...b temperatures]], respectively; ''e'' is the vapor pressure; ''e''_''s''(''T''_''w'') is the [[saturation vapor pressure]] at the
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• Receiver (noise) temperature
  ... by ''T''_''r'' = ''P''/''kB'', where ''k'' denotes [[Boltzmann's constant]], 1.38 &times; 10^-23J K^-1. The receiver tem
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• Recombination coefficient
  ...large ions is much smaller, of the order of 10^-9 cm³ s^-1. <br/>''See'' [[combination coefficient|combination coefficie
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• Regression
  ...ies associated with regression are referred to by the following technical terms: The variance &#x003c3;²(''y'') of the regressand is called the
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• Rise time
  ...f 50 s, the thermometer would increase from 1&#x000b0; to 9&#x000b0; in 50 s. Note that nothing is specified concerning the time required for the instr
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• S-values
  == S-values == ... terms of tenths of degrees per hundred degrees [[absolute]] temperature. S-value lines are drawn on 4D charts because they are related to D-values by
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• Salinity
  ...), a new "practical salinity scale" has been determined. It is defined in terms of its electrical conductivity relative to a prescribed [[standard]] and i
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• Shear production
  ...average. The ratio of the buoyant to the negative of the shear production terms is also known as the [[flux Richardson number]] and is a measure of [[dynam
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• Surface pressure
  ...>This expression is applied loosely and about equally to the more specific terms: [[station pressure]] and [[sea level pressure]].</div><br/> </div>
  496 B (64 words) - 02:08, 27 January 2012
• Taylor polynomial
  ... number of terms.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[Taylor's theorem]].</div><br/> </div>
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• Van der waal's equation
  == Van der Waal's equation == ...perfect gases. When ''p'' is small and &#x003b1; is large, the correction terms are small and the two equations become identical.</div><br/> </div>
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• Vector
  ...'See'' [[scalar product|scalar product]], [[vector product]], [[Helmholtz's theorem]].</div><br/> </div>
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• Velocity defect law
  .../div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Also known as von K&#x000e1;rm&#x000e1;n's momentum integral.</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Brown, R. A. 197
  639 B (89 words) - 23:24, 20 February 2012
• Vorticity equation
  ...e air [[pressure]] and [[specific volume]], respectively; ''a'' the earth's radius; and &#x003c6; the latitude. The left-hand member of the equation re
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