(traveling wave) or be stationary (standing wave). Atmospheric waves range in spatial and temporal scale from large-scale planetary waves (Rossby waves) to minute...

involved. Atmospheric Rossby waves on Earth are giant meanders in high-altitude winds that have a major influence on weather. These waves are associated...

meteorology, lee waves are atmospheric stationary waves. The most common form is mountain waves, which are atmospheric internal gravity waves. These were discovered...

The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) is a NASA instrument to be mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) for the study of atmospheric...

or more. Radiation causes the atmospheric particles in this layer to become electrically charged, enabling radio waves to be refracted and thus be received...

tides and planetary waves Large-scale latent heat release due to deep convection in the tropics The largest-amplitude atmospheric tides are mostly generated...

An atmospheric waveguide is an atmospheric flow feature that improves the propagation of certain atmospheric waves. The effect arises because wave parameters...

wave, in plasma physics Atmospheric wave, a periodic disturbance in the fields of atmospheric variables Fir wave, a forest configuration Lamb waves,...

them, but the formation mechanism is different.[citation needed] Atmospheric gravity waves reaching ionosphere are responsible for the generation of traveling...

A wave cloud is a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves. The atmospheric internal waves that form wave clouds are created as stable air flows...

related to relative humidity.[citation needed] Atmospheric convection Atmospheric temperature Atmospheric wave Chemical thermodynamics Cloud physics Equilibrium...

Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of...

land. In order to model weather systems, atmospheric physicists employ elements of scattering theory, wave propagation models, cloud physics, statistical...

wave Shock waves in astrophysics Atmospheric focusing Atmospheric reentry Cherenkov radiation Explosion Hydraulic jump Joule–Thomson effect Mach wave...

of the image). The wave pattern seen in the image is not from large ocean waves, however. The pattern is of atmospheric gravity waves above the surface...

usually in the lower layers of Earth’s atmosphere, where the waves are bent by atmospheric refraction. In over-the-horizon radar, ducting causes part of...

tropical wave (also called easterly wave, tropical easterly wave, and African easterly wave), in and around the Atlantic Ocean, is a type of atmospheric trough...

71 GHz), among others. Compared to lower bands, radio waves in this band have high atmospheric attenuation: they are absorbed by the gases in the atmosphere...

Atmospheric focusing is a type of wave interaction causing shock waves to affect areas at a greater distance than otherwise expected. Variations in the...

Senapati, Batakrushna; Matsushita, Ai; Heki, Kosuke (2 February 2021). "Atmospheric wave energy of the 2020 August 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, from ionospheric...

oceans). In order to model weather systems, atmospheric physicists employ elements of scattering theory, wave propagation models, cloud physics, statistical...

meteorology is a list of terms and concepts relevant to meteorology and atmospheric science, their sub-disciplines, and related fields. Contents:  A B C...

Atmospheric diffraction is manifested in the following principal ways: Optical atmospheric diffraction Radio wave diffraction is the scattering of radio...

early phase of World War II Tidal bore, a type of tidal wave Undular bore, an atmospheric wave disturbance Boar (disambiguation) Boer Bohr (disambiguation)...

In air at atmospheric pressure, these represent sound waves with wavelengths of 17 meters (56 ft) to 1.7 centimeters (0.67 in). Sound waves above 20 kHz...

border between the atmosphere and outer space. Atmospheric effects become noticeable during atmospheric reentry of spacecraft at an altitude of around...

20 GHz atmospheric attenuation is mainly due to water vapor. Above 20 GHz, in the millimeter wave band, other atmospheric gases begin to absorb the waves, limiting...

placed on the horizontal axis. In the atmospheric sciences, these plots are a common way to visualize atmospheric waves. In the geosciences, especially seismic...

similar in appearance to fish scales; this is caused by high altitude atmospheric waves. Cirrocumulus appears almost exclusively with cirrus some way ahead...

distances, through the troposphere, by wave travel that's constrained between distinct air layers.) Secondary atmospheric waves from plasma impacts of solar CMEs...