Terms P

POES

Péclet number

pyrradiometer

pyrotechnic flare

pyrolysis

pyrhenerwind

pyrheliometry

pyrheliometric scale

pyrheliometer

pyrheliograph

pyrheliogram

pyrgeometer

pyranometer

pyranograph

pyranogram

pycnocline

purple light

purl

purga

pumping water level

pumping test

pumping head

pumping

pulsed-light cloud-height indicator

pulsed radar

pulse-time-modulated radiosonde

pulse-pair processing

pulse volume

pulse repetition frequency

pulse modulation

pulse length

pulse integrator

pulse integration

pulse duration

pulse compression

pulse coding

pulse

puelche

psychrometry

psychrometric tables

psychrometric formula

psychrometric constant

psychrometric chart

psychrometer

psu

PSMSL

PSI

pseudorandom numbers

pseudoequivalent potential temperature

pseudocoloring

pseudoadiabatic process

pseudoadiabatic lapse rate

pseudoadiabatic expansion

pseudoadiabatic chart

pseudoadiabat

pseudo front

PSC

proxy climate record

protonosphere

proton–proton chain

proton precipitation

protected thermometer

proton

propene

propeller-vane anemometer

propeller-type current meter

propeller anemometer

propane

propagation effect

propagation constant

projection

progressive wave

prognostic equation

prognostic contour chart

prognostic clouds

prognostic chart

prog chart

prog

profiler

profile similarity

profile matching

profile

production system

production rule

product-moment

process lapse rate

probable maximum precipitation

probe

probable maximum flood

probable error

probability theory

probability paper

Probability of precipitation

probability integral

probability forecast

probability distribution

probability density function

probability

probabilistic process

principle of geometric association

principal point

principal plane

principal land station

principal components analysis

principal band

primitive equations

primary rainbow

primary pollutants

primary front

primary depression

primary cyclone

primary circulation

Price meter

PRF

prevailing wind direction

prevailing visibility

prester

pressure-sphere anemometer

pressure-rise center

pressure-pattern flight

pressure-fall center

pressure-change chart

pressure vertical coordinates

pressure wave

pressure tide gauges

pressure tendency

pressure system

pressure surge

pressure stress

pressure spectrum

pressure ridge

pressure pattern

pressure melting

pressure jump detector

pressure jump

pressure ice

pressure head

pressure gradient

pressure force

pressure correlation

pressure coordinates

pressure center

pressure anomaly

pressure altitude

pressure altimeter

pressure

prefrontal squall line

prefrontal thunderstorm

preexponential factor

prediction

predictability limit

predictability

precision

precipitators

precipitation–evaporation ratio

precipitation-effectiveness index

precipitation trajectory

precipitation trails

precipitation station

precipitation shield

precipitation scavenging

precipitation regime

precipitation physics

precipitation inversion

precipitation intensity

precipitation gauge

precipitation electricity

precipitation effectiveness

precipitation echo

precipitation day

precipitation duration

precipitation current

precipitation ceiling

precipitation attenuation

precipitation area

precipitation aloft

precession rate

preactivation

Prandtl number

prairie

praecipitatio

practical salinity units

PPI

poëchore

Poynting vector

power-law profile

power spectrum

power series

power density spectrum

power density

power

powder snow

poultry stress index

poudrin

potometer

potentiometer

potential vorticity

potential transpiration

potential temperature

potential refractivity

potential refractive index

potential predictability

potential instability

potential gradient

potential flow theory

potential evapotranspiration

potential evaporation

potential energy

potential drop

potential density

potential

potamology

Postprocessing

postfrontal fog

positron

positive rain

positive isothermal vorticity advection

positive feedback

positive discharge

positive cloud-to-ground lightning

position vector

Portugal Current

PORTS

porous medium

porosity

Porlezzina

poriaz

population

pop-up thunderstorm

pool of cold air

pontias

poniente

Ponentino

ponente

pondage

POMAR code

polytropic process

polytropic atmosphere

polynomial

polyn'ya

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

pollutant standards index

pollen analysis

pole tide

pole-star recorder

pole of inaccessibility

pole

polder

polarization-diversity radar

polarization matrix

polarization

polarizability

polarity

polariscope

polarimetric radar

polarimeter

polar-orbiting satellite

polar-easterlies index

polar wind divide

polar wind

polar wandering

polar trough

polar outbreak

polar night jet stream

polar mesospheric summer echoes

polar mesospheric clouds

polar maritime air

polar low

polar invasion

polar ice

polar high

polar glacier

polar frontal zone

polar front

polar easterlies

polar coordinates

polar continental air

polar climate

polar cell

polar anticyclone

polar amplification

polar air depression

polar air

polacke

Poisson equation

Poisson distribution

Poisson constant

Poiseuille–Hagen law

Poiseuille flow

poise

point-to-point communication

point-to-multipoint communication

point vortex

point target

point source

point rainfall

point precipitation

point of occlusion

point gauge

point discharge current

point discharge

point data

point

Poincare wave

PNA

PMSE

PMC

pluviometry

pluviometric quotient

pluviometric coefficient

pluvial period

pluvial index

pluvial

plume rise model

plume

plum rains

plow wind

plotting symbols

plotting position

plotting model

Pliocene climatic optimum

Pleistocene glaciation

Pleistocene epoch

Pleistocene climate

playa

plate crystal

plasmasphere

plasmapause

plasma

plant climate zone

planetary-geostrophic

planetary wave

planetary vorticity effect

planetary circulation

planetary boundary layer

planetary albedo

plane-dendritic crystal

plane wave

plane polarization

plane parallel atmosphere

plane of the ecliptic

plane flow

plane atmospheric wave

plane albedo

Planck's radiation law

Planck's constant

Planck function

plan position indicator

pixel value

pixel

pivot arm anemometer

Pitot-tube anemometer

Pitot tube

PIREP

piping

pip

pingo

piner

pinene

pilot-balloon station

pilot-balloon observation

pilot streamer

pilot report

pilot chart

pilot briefing

pilot balloon

pilmer

pileus

piezometric surface

piezometric head

piezometer

Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum

piedmont glacier

picture element

Pico balloon

Piché evaporimeter

pibal

Pi theorem

phytotron

phytotoxic

phytometer

phytoclimatology

phytoclimate

physical oceanography

physical meteorology

Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System

physical forecasting

physical climatology

physical climate

phreatophyte

phreatic water

phreatic cycle

photosynthetically active radiation

photosynthesis

photostationary state relation

photosphere

photopolarimeter

photopic vision

photoperiodism

photoperiod

photooxidation

photon flux

photon flow rate

photon

photometry

photometer

photolysis

photolabile

photoionization

photographic barograph

photogrammetry

photoelectron

photoelectric transmittance meter

photoelectric photometry

photoelectric photometer

photoelectric effect

photoelectric cell

photodissociation

photodecomposition

photoconductive cell

photochemistry

photochemical smog

photochemical reaction

photochemical oxidants

photochemical air pollution

Philippines Current

phenology

phenological observation

phenogram

phased-array antenna

phase velocity

phase speed

phase spectrum

phase space

phase shift

phase modulation

phase matrix

phase instability

phase function

phase distortion

phase delay

phase change

phase averaging

phase

pH

petit St. Bernard

Peru/Chile Current

perturbation theory

perturbation technique

perturbation quantity

perturbation motion

perturbation equation

personal equation

persistence tendency

persistence forecast

persistence

Persian Gulf Water

Pers sunshine recorder

perry

perpetual frost climate

peroxyalkyl radical

peroxyacetyl nitrate

peroxides

permeameter

permeability

permanent wave

Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

permanent gas

permanent echo

permanent control

permanent depression

permafrost table

permanent anticyclone

permafrost island

permafrost

perlucidus

periodogram

periodicity

period of validity

period of record

period

perihelion

periglacial climate

periglacial

perigee

perigean tide

pericenter

perhumid climate

pergelation

perfluorocarbons

perfectly diffuse reflector

perfectly diffuse radiator

perfect prognostic

perfect prognosis method

perfect fluid

perennial stream

pereletok

percolation

perched stream

perched groundwater

percentile

percentage of possible sunshine

percent reduction

per mille

pentad

pennant

Penman–Monteith method

penitent ice

penetrometer

penetrative convection

pendulum day

peesweep storm

peesash

pedestal

Pearson distribution

peak power

peak gust

peak frequency

peak discharge

peak current

pea-soup fog

PE

PDSI

PCA events

PBL

payload

Pavlovsky's approximation

patterned ground

pattern correlation

path method

path line

patchy turbulence

passive system

passive permafrost

passive cloud

Pasquill stability classes

Pascal's law

pascal

partly cloudy

particulates

particulate loading

particle velocity

particle charge

partially penetrating well

particle

partial-duration series

partial pressure

partial obscuration

partial drought

partial derivative

partial correlation

Parseval's theorem

Parry arcs

parhelion

parhelic circle

parcel method

parcel

paranthelion

parametric equations

parameterization

parameter

Parallax

parafoveal vision

paraffins

paraboloid

parabolic antenna

PAR

papagayo

pannus

pancake ice

panas oetara

pan evaporation

pan coefficient

PAN

pampero

pampas

palouser

Palmer drought severity index

paleomagnetism

paleocrystic ice

paleoclimatology

paleoclimatic sequence

paleoclimate

painter

PAGES

paesano

paesa

packed tower

pack ice

Pacific–North American pattern

Pacific high

Pacific Deep Water

P–E ratio

P-E index

Polar-front theory