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CORRIENTE CHORRO MESOSFERICA [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Middle and sub-polar latitude jet stream, at a height of about 60 km, westerly in the winter hemisphere, and easterly in the summer hemisphere.

OBS

The winter jet is the same as the polar night jet.

Key term(s)
  • mesospheric jet stream
  • mesospheric jet-stream

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Courant-jet des latitudes sous-polaires ou moyennes, à une altitude d'environ 60 km, soufflant de l'ouest dans l'hémisphère d'hiver et de l'est dans l'hémisphère d'été.

OBS

Le jet hivernal est le même que le courant-jet de la nuit polaire.

Key term(s)
  • courant jet mésosphérique
  • jet mésosphérique

Spanish

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

Corriente en chorro de las latitudes subpolares y medias, a una altitud de unos 60 km, que sopla del oeste en el hemisferio de invierno y del este en el hemisferio de verano.

OBS

El chorro de invierno es igual a la corriente en chorro de la noche polar.

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Record 2 2004-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Relating to the mesosphere.

OBS

mesosphere: The layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, in which temperature rapidly decreases with height.

OBS

mesopheric: term misspelt but frequently used.

PHR

Mesospheric aerosol, clouds, environment, jet, model, ozone, sodium layer, temperature, variation, wind.

Key term(s)
  • mesopheric

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Relatif à la mésosphère.

OBS

mésosphère : Région de l'atmosphère, située entre la stratopause et la mésopause, dans laquelle la température décroît généralement avec l'altitude.

PHR

Ciel, courant-jet, interférométrie, inversion, modèle, nuage, ozone, sodium, température, vapeur d'eau mésosphérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
PHR

corriente en chorro, nube mesosférica.

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