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Sailing Glossary - Letter A

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Absolute humidity:In a system of moist ... ...

Absolute instrument:An instrument whose ... ...

Absolute temperature:Temperature based on ... ...

Absolute temperature scale:A temperature scale ... ...

Absolute zero:A hypothetical tempe ... ...

Absorption:The process in which ... ...

Absorption hygrometer:A type of hygrometer ... ...

Accretion:Growth of a cloud or ... ...

Accuracy:The degree of confor ... ...

Accuracy rating:A number of quantity ... ...

Acid rain:Precipitation that c ... ...

Acre-foot:The volume of water ... ...

Actinograph:A recording actinome ... ...

Actinometer:An instrument which ... ...

Actual pressure:The atmospheric pres ... ...

Adfreezing:The process by which ... ...

Adiabatic process:A thermodynamic chan ... ...

Aeolian:Pertaining to the ac ... ...

Aeolian anemometer:An anemometer utiliz ... ...

Aerial:Of or pertaining to ... ...

Aerograph:In general, any self ... ...

Aerometeorograph:A self-recording ins ... ...

Air current:Very generally, any ... ...

Air density:The mass density of ... ...

Air meter:A small anemometer w ... ...

Airlight formula:See Koschmieder's la ... ...

Albedo:The ratio of the amo ... ...

Albedometer:An instrument used f ... ...

ALERT:Automated Local Eval ... ...

Allard's law:A basic equation in ... ...

ALOHA:Areal Locations of H ... ...

Alter shield:A type of rain gauge ... ...

Altimeter:An instrument which ... ...

Altimeter setting:The value of atmosph ... ...

Anabatic wind:An upslope wind due ... ...

Analog:Pertaining to measur ... ...

Anemo-biagraph:A recording pressure ... ...

Anemoclinograph:A recording anemocli ... ...

Anemoclinometer:General name for a t ... ...

Anemograph:A recording anemomet ... ...

Aneroid:Literally \not wet\" ... ...

Aneroid barograph:An aneroid barometer ... ...

Aneroid barometer:A barometer which me ... ...

Aneroid capsule:A thin metal disc pa ... ...

Aneroidogram:The record of an ane ... ...

Angstrom compensation pyrheliometer:An absolute instrume ... ...

Angstrom pyrgeometer:An instrument develo ... ...

Antenna:A conductor or syste ... ...

Antenna feed:See feed. ... ...

Antenna gain:See gain. ... ...

Antenna pattern:Same as radiation pa ... ...

Anticyclone:An area of high atmo ... ...

Antitriptic wind:In Jeffreys' classif ... ...

Apparent freezing point:Same as freezing poi ... ...

Approximate absolute temperature scale:A temperature scale ... ...

ARDC model atmosphere:See standard atmosph ... ...

ASCII:American Standard Co ... ...

ASOS:Automated Surface Ob ... ...

Aspiration meteorograph:An instrument, for t ... ...

Aspiration psychrometer:A psychrometer in wh ... ...

Aspiration thermograph:A thermograph in whi ... ...

Aspirator:A device attached to ... ...

Assmann psychrometer:A special form of th ... ...

Asynchronous:Lacking a relationsh ... ...

Atmidometer:Same as atmometer. ... ...

Atmometer:General name for an ... ...

Atmoradiograph:A device for measuri ... ...

Atmosphere:The envelope of air ... ...

Atmospheric pressure (barometric pressure):The pressure exerted ... ...

Atmospheric radiation:Infrared radiation e ... ...

Attenuation:In physics, any proc ... ...

Audio-modulated radiosonde:A radiosonde whose c ... ...

Aviation weather forecast:A forecast of weathe ... ...

Aviation weather observation:An evaluation, accor ... ...

AWOS:Automated Weather Ob ... ...

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