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Sailing Glossary - Letter C

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Calibration:The process whereby ... ...

Calibration error:The inaccuracy that ... ...

Calm:Wind with a speed be ... ...

Calorie:A unit of heat origi ... ...

Calorimeter:An instrument design ... ...

CAMEO:Computer-Aided Manag ... ...

Campbell-Stokes recorder:A sunshine recorder ... ...

Canadian hardness-gauge:A type of disk hardn ... ...

Candela:Unit of luminous int ... ...

Candle:A unit of luminous i ... ...

Candlepower:Luminous intensity e ... ...

Capillary collector:An instrument for co ... ...

Captive balloon:A buoyant balloon ke ... ...

Carbon-film hygrometer element:An electrical hygrom ... ...

Cardinal winds:Winds from the four ... ...

Carrier frequency:The frequency of a c ... ...

Carrier wave:Transmitted energy w ... ...

Carry-over:The portion of the s ... ...

Catch:The amount of precip ... ...

Ceiling:The height ascribed ... ...

Ceiling balloon:A small balloon used ... ...

Ceiling classification:A description or exp ... ...

Ceiling light:A type of cloud heig ... ...

Ceiling projector:Same as ceiling ligh ... ...

Ceilometer:An automatic, record ... ...

Celsius temperature scale:International thermo ... ...

Centibar:The pressure unit of ... ...

Centigrade temperature scale:The older name for t ... ...

Centimeter-gram-second system:A system of physical ... ...

Channel storage:The water volume wit ... ...

Character:Part of a computer w ... ...

Chronograph:A clock-driven devic ... ...

Chronometric radiosonde:A radiosonde whose c ... ...

Chronothermometer:A thermometer consis ... ...

Cistern barometer:A mercury barometer ... ...

Class A pan:See evaporation pan. ... ...

Clay atmometer:An atmometer consist ... ...

Clear-air turbulence:Turbulence encounter ... ...

Clinometer:An instrument for me ... ...

Cloud:A hydrometeor consis ... ...

Cloud base:For a given cloud or ... ...

Cloud height:The height of the cl ... ...

Cloudburst:Any sudden and heavy ... ...

CMOS:Complementary Metal- ... ...

Coalescence:Formation of a singl ... ...

Cockeyed bob:A colloquial term in ... ...

Code-sending radiosonde:A radiosonde which t ... ...

Collector:A class of instrumen ... ...

Color temperature:An estimate of the t ... ...

Comb nephoscope:A direct-vision neph ... ...

Combined error:The total of all dev ... ...

Commutator:See radiosonde commu ... ...

Compass points:The cardinal points ... ...

Compensated pyrheliometer:Pyrheliometer based ... ...

Condensation:The process by which ... ...

Condensation nucleus:Small particle on wh ... ...

Condenser-discharge anemometer:A contact anemometer ... ...

Conductivity:A unit measure of el ... ...

Conformal coating:A protective coating ... ...

Constant-level balloon:A balloon designed t ... ...

Constant-pressure balloon:Same as constant-lev ... ...

Contact anemometer:Anemometer which gen ... ...

Contact-cup anemometer:Same as contact anem ... ...

Cooling-power anemometer:The general term for ... ...

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC):The international st ... ...

Coriolis force:In meteorology, a de ... ...

Coronagraph:An instrument for ph ... ...

Cotton-region shelter:A medium-sized instr ... ...

Counterradiation:The downward flux of ... ...

CPU:Central Processing U ... ...

Creeping:Defect in the action ... ...

Crosswind:A wind blowing in a ... ...

CRT:Cathode Ray Tube. A ... ...

Cryopedometer:Instrument for measu ... ...

Cup anemometer:Anemometer which mea ... ...

Current meter:Any one of numerous ... ...

Cyanometer:Generally, an instru ... ...

Cyclone:An area of low atmos ... ...

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