A motorlike device containing a rotor and a stator and capable of converting an angular position into an electrical signal, or an electrical signal into an angular position. When several synchros are correctly connected, all of the rotors will align thems ...

Having a specific relationship to a time base or clock. In synchronous communications, data characters are sent according to a timing signal which synchronizes the two communicating devices.

In general, pertaining to or affording an overall view. In meteorology, this term has become somewhat specialized in referring to the use of meteorological data obtained simultaneously over a wide area for the purpose of obtaining a comprehensive and near ...

A surface weather observation, made at periodic times, of sky cover, state of the sky, cloud height, atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level, temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction. amount of precipitation, hydrometeors and lithometeors. and s ...

A radiosonde equipped to measure temperature only.

A wind blowing in the same direction as the heading of a moving object. thus assisting the object's intended progress. The opposite of a head wind.

A sounding balloon which, when operationally inflated, resembles an inverted teardrop.

Any meteorological instrument, such as a radiosonde, in which the recording apparatus is located at some distance from the measuring apparatus.

The measuring, transmitting, receiving, and indicating apparatus for obtaining the value of a quantity at a distance.

The transmission of data collected at a remote location over communications channels to a central station.

A photometer that measures the received intensity of a distance tight source.

A temperature telemeter.

In thermodynamics, the integrating factor of the differential equation referred to as the first law of thermodynamics, In statistical mechanics, a measure of translational molecular kinetic energy (with three degrees of freedom). In general, the degree of ...

(1) The ratio of the speeds of a chemical reaction at two temperatures differing by 10

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

See approximate absolute temperature scale, Celsius temperature scale, centigrade temperature scale, Fahrenheit temperature scale, Kelvin temperature scale, Rankine temperature scale, Reaumur temperature scale,

Sir Napier Shaw's name for the approximate absolute temperature scale,

A generic term for any machine that enables a human being to communicate with a computer.

The total infrared radiation emitted from the earth's surface. To be carefully distinguished from atmospheric radiation, effective terrestrial radiation, and insolation.

In folklore, a name for rain.