Terms L

lysimeter

Lyman-alpha hygrometer

Lyman alpha emission line

lux

lunitidal interval

lunar tide

lunar rainbow

lunar day

lunar atmospheric tide

lumped chemical mechanism

luminous efficiency

luminous

luminescence

luminance

lumen

lull

luganot

LTE

LRIT

lowest astronomical tide

lower atmosphere

low-temperature hygrometry

low-level jet

low-flow channel

low water

Low Rate Information Transmission

low index

low frequency

low

Love wave

Loschmidt's number

Los Angeles (photochemical) smog

looping

loop rating

Loop Current

loop antenna

looming

lookup table

Loofah

loo

longwave radiation

longwave

longshore current

Longmont anticyclone

longitudinal wind

longitudinal wave

longitudinal section

longitudinal rolls

longitude

long-train atmospherics

long-term hydrological forecast

long-range forecast

long-crested wave

long wave

long shore wind

London (sulfurous) smog

lombarde

lolly ice

lognormal cloud-size distribution

logarithmic scale

logarithmic differentiation

logarithm

lofting

lodos

locally generated sea

local winds

local vorticity

local time

local thermodynamic equilibrium

local storm

local similarity

local Mach number

local lightning-flash counter

local isotropy

local inflow

local free-convection similarity

local forecast

local effects

local derivative

local closure

local change

local area coverage

local angular momentum

LOC

lobe

LLJ

llebetjado

Livingstone sphere

living glacier

livestock safety index

Little Ice Age

lithosphere

lithometeor

LIS

liquid-in-metal thermometer

liquid-in-glass thermometer

liquid water static energy

liquid water path

liquid water mixing ratio

liquid water loading

liquid thermometer

Lips

Linke turbidity factor

lines of force

linearized differential equation

linearization

linearity

linear water wave theory

linear operator

linear momentum

linear instability

linear differential equation

linear depolarization ratio

linear

line width

line vortex

line squall

line of apsides

line of sight

line intensity

line integral

line echo wave pattern

line average

limiting wave

line absorption

limiting angle

limited-area forecast model

limited fine-mesh model

limit of the atmosphere

limit of convection

limit cycle

limestone scrubbing

limb scanning

Liman Current

lightship station

lightship code

lightning suppression

lightning rod

lightning stroke

lightning mapping system

Lightning Imaging Sensor

lightning flash

lightning echo

lightning discharge

lightning detection network

lightning damage

lightning current

lightning counter

lightning channel

lightning arrester

light pillar

light frost

light freeze

light breeze

light air

light

Lifting trough

lifting condensation level zone

lifting condensation level

lifted index

lift

lifetimes

life zone

lidar equation

lidar constant

lidar

lid

liberator

libeccio

LI

LFS

LFM model

LFC

LF

LEWP

level of nondivergence

level of no motion

level of neutral buoyancy

level of free sink

level of free convection

level of concern

level ice

leveche

levanto

levantera

levanter

levante

leste

lenticularis

lenticular cloud

length of record

Leibniz's theorem of calculus

leeway

Leeuwin Current

leeside convergence

lee-wave separation

lee wave

lee trough

lee eddies

lee cyclogenesis

least-time track

least squares

leapfrog differencing

leaky aquifer

leakage coefficient

leakage

leaf wetness duration

leaf wetness

leaf area index

leader

lead

leaching

LDR

LCL

layers

layer of no motion

layer depth

layer cloud

Lax–Wendroff differencing scheme

Lax equivalence theorem

law of storms

latitude

lateral mixing

lateral mirage

lateral inflow

latent instability

latent heat

last interglacial

last glacial

laser-induced fluorescence

laser radar

laser ceilometer

laser

large-scale weather situation

large-scale convection

large scale

large Reynolds number flow

large ion

large eddy simulation models

large eddy model

large calorie

lapse rate

lapse line

Laplacian operator

Laplace transform

Laplace equation

lansan

Langmuir probe

Langmuir number

Langmuir circulation

Langmuir layer

langley

Langmuir cells

langkisau

lane

landspout

Landsat

landing forecast

land-lash

land sky

land ice

land evaporation

land breeze

laminar sublayer

laminar boundary layer

laminar flow

lamellar vector

Lambrecht's polymeter

lambing storm

Lambertian surface

Lambert's law of absorption

Lambert's law

Lambert's formula

Lambert conic projection

lambert

lake-effect snowstorm

lake-effect snow

lake surface temperature

lake evaporation

lake ice

lake effect

lake breeze

laheimar

Lagrangian timescale

Lagrangian mean current

Lagrangian hydrodynamic equations

Lagrangian float

Lagrangian equations of motion

Lagrangian equations

Lagrangian current measurement

Lagrangian correlation

Lagrangian coordinates

Lagrangian change

Lagrangian airshed models

lag time

lag

Lafond's tables

lacunosus

LAC

Labrador Sea Water

Labrador Current

laboratory tank

labile

labbé

la serpe

La Niña