A device to collect a variety of data and then interleave the data into a single record or onto a telecommunications link. The reverse device is a demultiplexor.
An orthogonal, or mutually perpendicular, system of curvilinear coordinates for the description of fluid motion, consisting of an axis ''t'' tangent to the instantaneous velocity vector and an axis ...
Sea ice that has survived more than two summer melt seasons. Such ice is typically 3 m or more thick, is less saline, and has smoother hummocks and ridges than does younger ice. Undeformed multiyear ...
Period of the year characterized by weather conditions of a particular type over a large area of the globe. The term is used in long-range forecasting in the former USSR.
The length of one minute of arc along any great circle on the earth's surface. Since this actual distance varies slightly with latitude, a nautical mile by international agreement is defined as 1852 ...
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