Atmospheric
91Atmospheric tides — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …
92Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator — The Advanced Reentry Demonstrator (ARD) was a suborbital reentry test flown on the third Ariane 5 flight. The ARD was launched on October 21, 1998, and was released shortly after separation of the launcher s cryogenic main stage (at an altitude… …
93Atmospheric Radiation Measurement — The Department of Energy s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program uses state of the art active and passive remote sensing instrumentation to study the fundamental physics related to interactions between clouds and radiative feedback… …
94Atmospheric Infrared Sounder — The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is an instrument on the Earth Observing System Aqua satellite, launched in May 2002. It samples 2378 channels of infrared radiation from the Earth, and can produce maps of the globe showing the… …
95Atmospheric Vortex Engine — Luftwirbelkraftwerk nach dem Konzept von Louis Michaud. Durchmesser 200m oder mehr. Künstlicher Luftwirbel mit Rauch als Indikator. Ein Luftwirbelkraftwerk is …
96Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator — L’Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (ARD), développé par Astrium, était un essai suborbital de rentrée atmosphérique sur le troisième vol d’Ariane 5. Sommaire 1 Histoire 2 Conception et développement 3 Déroulement de l essai …
97atmospheric engine — an early form of single acting engine in which the power stroke is provided by atmospheric pressure acting upon a piston in an exhausted cylinder. [1815 25] * * * …
98atmospheric tide — Meteorol. a movement of atmospheric masses caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and by daily solar heating. [1825 35] * * * …
99atmospheric circulation — ▪ meteorology any atmospheric flow used to refer to the general circulation of the Earth and regional movements of air around areas of high and low pressure. On average, this circulation corresponds to large scale wind systems arranged in… …
100atmospheric turbulence — ▪ meteorology small scale, irregular air motions characterized by winds that vary in speed and direction. Turbulence is important because it mixes and churns the atmosphere and causes water vapour, smoke, and other substances, as well as… …
