The value of atmospheric pressure to which the scale of a pressure altimeter is set so as to indicate airport elevation. The altimeter setting is included as part of an aviation weather observation.

The correction applied to an instrument to account for the effect of temperature upon its response characteristics.

The negative pole or electrode of an electrolytic cell, vacuum tube, etc., where electrons enter (current leaves) the system; the opposite of an anode.

Less than Container Load

A program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that implements energy legislation and presidential directives. FEMP provides project financing, technical guidance and assistance, coordination and reporting, and new initiatives for the federal government ...

The rising of cold water from the deeper areas of the ocean to the surface. This phenomena often occurs along the California coast during the spring and summer.

General term for an instrument which records the vertical electric current in the atmosphere.

Is the pressure exerted by a vapor confined within a given space. The vapor may be the sole occupant of the space, or may be associated with other gases.

Non-Governmental Organization.

Indexation is an allowance which reduces the taxable gain on an investment by increasing its base.

International Transport Workers Federation

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the stern of the ship.

Non free trade zone

(1) Burning or corrosive. (2) A hydroxide of a light metal, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.

Defense Logistics Agency

The ability of a seaman to foretell weather by the appearance of the sky, change of wind direction, etc. was handed down in the form of proverbs. Some well known are:

The lowest price at which a dealer or market maker will sell a.

The line that controls the angle of the mainsail in its relation to the wind.