Terms M

METAR

megaflash

Myers rating

Muskingum method

muskeg

Munsell color chart

Munk boundary layer

multiyear ice

multivariate signal

multivariate objective analysis

multispectral scanner

multispectral remote sensing

multiplexor

multiple-trip echo

multiple-purpose reservoir

multiple-phase flow

multiple tropopause

multiple scattering

multiple register

multiple incursion theory

multiple drift correction

multiple correlation

multipath transmission

multipath

multiparameter radar

multilevel model

Multifunctional Transport Satellite

multichannel system

multichannel sea surface temperature

multicell convective storm

multiband system

multiannual storage

muerto

muggy

mudflow

mud rain

MTSAT

mts system

MTN

MSU

MTI

MST radar

MSL

MSG

Mozambique Current

moving-target indication

moving fetch

movable-scale barometer

moutonnée

mountain-wave cloud

mountain–valley wind systems

mountain–plains wind systems

mountain-gap wind

mountain wind

mountain wave

mountain torque

mountain lee wave

mountain observation

mountain fog

mountain breeze

mountain barometer

Mount Rose snow sampler

motorboating

mother-of-pearl clouds

mother-cloud

MOS

morphology

morning glory

morget

moraine

moor-gallop

moon illusion

Montreal Protocol

monthly record

monthly minimum temperature

monthly maximum temperature

monthly climatological summary

Montgomery streamfunction

Monte Carlo method

MONT code

monsoon surge

monsoon low

monsoon gyre

monsoon fog

monsoon depression

monsoon current

monsoon climate

monsoon

monostatic radar

monochromatic radiation

monochromatic

momentum transfer

momentum flux

momentum

moment of inertia

moment

mollition

mollisol

Moll thermopile

molecular-scale temperature

molecular weight

mole fraction of water vapor

mole fraction

mole

molarity

molar specific heat capacity

molan

molality

moisture-continuity equation

moisture weight percentage

moisture volume percentage

moisture tension

moisture profile

moisture pooling

moisture inversion

moisture index

moisture factor

moisture equivalent

moisture content

moisture adjustment

moisture

moist tongue

moist static energy

moist convection

moist climate

moist air

moist adiabat

modus tollens

modus ponens

modulus

modulator

modular flow

modulation

modon

modified refractivity

modified refractive index

moderate breeze

model output statistics

model calibration

model atmosphere

model

mode water

mode eddies

mode

mock sun

mock moon

mobility

mobile weather station

mobile source

mobile ship station

mobile ship

Moazagotl wind

moat

MMO

ML

mks system

mixing zone

mixing potential

mixing line

mixing length

mixing fog

mixing cloud

mixing

mixed-layer venting

mixed-layer spectra

mixed-layer similarity

mixed-layer evolution

mixed-layer depth

mixed-layer capping inversion

mixed tide

mixed Rossby–gravity wave

mixed nucleus

mixed layer models

mixed layer

mixed distribution

mixed cloud

mitigation

mistral

misoscale

miscible displacement

mirror nephoscope

mirage

minuano

mintra

minor trough

minor ridge

minimum thermometer

minimum temperature

minimum deviation

minimum annual flow

minimum

minimal headings

minimal flight path

minimal flight

mini-supercell

Mindanao Eddy

Mindanao Current

Mills period

millibar

milky ice

mile

Milankovitch theory

Milankovitch solar radiation curve

Milankovitch Pleistocene climate variation

Milankovitch oscillations

mil

migratory

miejour

Mie theory

Mie scattering

midsection method

midnight wind

middle infrared

middle atmosphere

Mid-Japan Sea Cold Current

Microwave Sounding Unit

microwave refractometer

microwave radiation

microwave radar

microwave probing

microwave

microvariation of pressure

microthermal climate

microthermal

microtherm

microstructure

microstrip antenna

microseism

microscale

micropulsations

micropluviometer

micrometer

micrometeorology

microlayer

microfront

microclimatology

microclimate

microburst

microbarovariograph

microbarograph

microbarogram

microbarm

Michelson actinometer

Michael-riggs

MIBL

MF

metsat

metro

methylvinyl ketone

methyl iodide

methyl chloroform

methyl chloride

methyl bromide

method of successive approximations

method of small perturbations

method of images

method of characteristics

methanol

methanesulfonic acid

methane

methacrolein

meter–tonne–second system

meter

Meteotsunami

Meteosat Second Generation

Meteosat

meteorology

meteorological watch office

meteorological transmission

meteorological symbol

meteorological service

meteorological satellite

meteorological rocket

meteorological report

meteorological reconnaissance flight

meteorological optics

meteorological office

meteorological observing station

meteorological observer

meteorological observatory

meteorological observation

meteorological noise

meteorological network

meteorological message

meteorological instrument

meteorological institute

meteorological information

meteorological forecast

meteorological equator

meteorological element series

meteorological code

meteorological cloud chamber

meteorological bulletin

meteorograph

meteorogram

meteoric water

meteoric dust

meteor trail

Meteor

metamorphosis of snow

metadata

metallic barometer

met

messenger

mesothermal climate

mesothermal

mesotherm

mesospheric jet

mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radar

mesosphere

mesoscale model

mesoscale disturbance

Mesoscale convective vortex

mesoscale convective system

mesoscale convective complex

mesoscale cellular convection

mesoscale

mesophyte

mesopeak

mesopause

Mesonet

mesometeorology

mesolow

mesojet

mesocyclone signature

mesocyclone

mesoclimatology

mesoclimate

mesochart

mesoanticyclone

mesoanalysis

meromictic lake

meridional wind

meridional index

meridional front

meridional flow

meridional exchange

meridional circulation

meridional cell

meridional

meridian

mergozzo

mercury-in-steel thermometer

mercury-in-glass thermometer

mercury thermometer

mercury column

mercury barometer

mercury

MERCAST

meniscus

Membership function

meltém

melting point

melting level

melting layer

melt pond

Mellor–Yamada parameterization

mei-yu front

megathermal climate

megathermal

megahertz

megacycle

medium-term hydrological forecast

medium-range forecast

medium frequency

Mediterranean Water

Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean outflow

Mediterranean lenses

Mediterranean front

Mediterranean Deep Water

mediocris

medina

Medieval Warm Period

median volume diameter

median

Meddy

mechanical turbulence

mechanical mixing

mechanical internal boundary layer

mechanical dispersion

measurement cell

measured ceiling

meander

mean-square error

mean wind velocity

mean water level

mean velocity

mean tide level

mean sphere depth

mean solar day

mean sea level trends

mean sea level

mean monthly minimum temperature

mean monthly maximum temperature

mean lower low water

mean low water springs

mean low water

mean life

mean kinetic energy

mean higher high water

mean high water springs

mean high water

mean free path

mean Doppler velocity

mean deviation

mean day-to-day variation

mean daily temperature

mean daily minimum temperature for a month

mean daily maximum temperature for a month

mean chart

mean annual range of temperature

MCS

MCC

Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution

maximum-wind topography

maximum-wind level

maximum-wind and shear chart

maximum zonal westerlies

maximum unambiguous velocity

maximum unambiguous range

maximum thermometer

maximum temperature

maximum possible sunshine duration

maximum entropy method

maximum contaminant level

maximum

Maunder minimum

mauka breeze

matinal

mathematical climate

matched filter

Matanuska wind

mast

mass-transfer method

mass transport

mass spectrometry

mass scattering coefficient

mass divergence

mass curve

mass convergence

mass balance

mass accommodation coefficient

mass absorption coefficient

masked front

Marvin sunshine recorder

marsh

Marsden square

Marsden chart

Markovian

Markov chain

maritime tundra

maritime cloud

maritime air

maritime aerosol

Mariotte's law

marine weather observation

marine thermometer

marine rainbow

marine radar

marine meteorology

marine forecast

marine climate

marine barometer

marin

marigraph

marigram

Margules's equation

mares' tails

marenco

marching problem

marble crust

mapped data

map projection

map plotting

mao mao yuh

manometer

Manning equation

mandatory layer

man–machine mix

mamma

mamatele

Malvinas Current

Maloja wind

major trough

major ridge

main telecommunications network

main standard time

main meteorological office

main lobe

magnetron

magnetospheric convection

magnetosphere

magnetopause

magnetometer

magnetohydrodynamics

magnetohydrodynamic wave

magnetograph

magneto-ionic theory

magneto anemometer

magnetic wind direction

magnetic north

magnetic lines of force

magnetic induction

magnetic field intensity

magnetic double refraction

magnetic dipole

magmatic water

maestro

maelstrom

Madden–Julian oscillation

macroviscosity

macroscale

macrometeorology

macroclimatology

macroclimate

macroburst

mackerel sky

mackerel breeze

machine learning

Mach number

M-region

M meter

M component

Model resolution

Monte carlo model