Hanging protuberances, like pouches, on the undersurface of a cloud. This supplementary cloud feature occurs mostly with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and ...
The direction, with respect to magnetic north, from which the wind is blowing; distinguish from true north direction. Magnetic winds are frequently used in aircraft operation, necessitated by the ...
Colloquial expression for a deposit of glaze built up on trees, shrubs, and other exposed objects during a fall of freezing precipitation; the product of an ice storm.
Radiative transfer in which more than one scattering event may be of importance before transmission, reflection, or absorption. Multiple-scattering is the dominant effect on the transfer of solar ...