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CICLONICO [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2005-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

The derivative of any vector in any spatial direction.

CONT

The shear vector is the difference in the wind vector between two different heights. Both the wind and the shear vector may change with height, either veering or backing.

CONT

For example, a 10 knot SE wind with a 30 knot NW wind above it should produce a SHEAR VECTOR of 20 knots from the NW.

OBS

shear vector. ... The particular direction should be clear from the context.

OBS

vector - A quantity that has both a magnitude and direction. May also be used as a heading and speed in aviation, or as a location on a chart, map, or computer based graphic. Windspeed and its direction is an example of a VECTOR measurement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

Cisaillement cyclonique [...] Cisaillement vertical tel que la rotation du vecteur vent vers le vecteur de cisaillement en un point particulier est cyclonique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
CONT

cizalladura ciclónica : Cizalladura vertical en un punto en que el giro del vector viento al vector de la cizalladura tiene sentido ciclónico.

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Record 2 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Individual cyclonic-scale feature of the atmospheric circulation, commonly used to denote either a high or a low, less commonly a ridge or trough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Terme désignant une entité de la circulation atmosphérique à l'échelle des dépressions, soit habituellement un anticyclone ou une dépression, moins souvent une crête ou un thalweg.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Característica individual de la circulación atmosférica en las dimensiones de un sistema ciclónico, usualmente una alta o baja presión y con menos frecuencia una dorsal o una vaguada.

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Record 3 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Any precipitation associated with, or within the circulation of, a cyclone.

CONT

Cyclonic precipitations [are] due to air movements resulting from cyclonic storms which, in the United States, enter from the west and pass over the land from west to east. These moving air masses transfer moisture from one section of the United States, or from the ocean, to another section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Toute précipitation associée à un cyclone ou liée à sa circulation interne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Precipitación de origen ciclónico, es decir, asociada a depresiones móviles en las que las masas de aire se ven obligadas a ascender y enfriarse.

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Record 4 2001-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Water Pollution
DEF

Recovery device that creates a whirlwind in order to concentrate hydrocarbons dispersed widely over a surface, so that they can be removed by pumping.

CONT

Centrifugal Skimmers. This skimmer design operates by the creation of a water vortex, or whirlpool, which draws the oil into a collection area; the oil is subsequently pumped from this area to an oil-water separator for recovery.

CONT

Figure 14. Operating principle of centrifugal (vortex)-type skimmers.

Key term(s)
  • cyclone-recovery skimmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'eau
DEF

"Récupérateur à vortex" : récupérateur créant un vortex permettant d'accumuler en un seul point le volume d'hydrocarbures initialement réparti en couche mince, de façon à le recueillir facilement par pompage.

DEF

"centrifugeur" [entre guillemets dans la source, pour indiquer que le terme est douteux] : Écrémeur qui, grâce à la création d'un tourbillon ou vortex dans l'eau, envoie les hydrocarbures dans un compartiment dont il est pourvu, d'où ils peuvent être pompés.

OBS

"récupérateur" : Appareil destiné à récupérer des hydrocarbures répandus en nappes à la surface de l'eau. (Syn. écrémeur, écrémeuse.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Contaminación del agua
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Record 5 2000-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Vertical shear such that the rotation from the wind vector to the shear vector at a particular point is cyclonic in sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Cisaillement vertical tel que la rotation du vecteur vent vers le vecteur de cisaillement en un point est cyclonique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Cizalladura vertical en un punto en que el giro del vector viento al vector de la cizalladura tiene sentido ciclónico.

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Record 6 1996-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
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