Abbreviation for precipitation-evaporation ratio.

(1) To warp is to move a vessel by lines - move a boat by hauling on lines attached to docks or anchors. (2) The longitudinal threads in canvas and other textiles. (3) Hawser used when warping. (4) The line by which a boat rides to a sea anchor. (5) Moori ...

Free Carrier. A modern equivalent of FAS used in intermodal transport where goods are transferred at a nominated forwarders premises, depot or terminal but not actually on board vessel. Free Carrier Free Carrier means that the seller delivers the good ...

Buoy at seaward end of channel leading from a port.

Protection and indemnity insurance

A type of cooling-power anemometer based upon the principle that the time constant of a thermometer is a function of its ventilation.

[meaning]

[meaning]

[meaning]

A system in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a radar target carried a!oft by a radiosonde, so that wind data may be obtained along with the other meteorological data.

(1) Any pin that is used to prevent a fitting from falling open. (2) A pin used to keep the anchor attached to its anchor roller when not in use.

Any wind blowing down an incline. If warm, it is a foehn. If cold, it may be a fall wind or a gravity wind.

A type of turbine that that has two blades whose pitch is adjustable. The turbine may have gates to control the angle of the fluid flow into the blades.

The leading ship, or ships, in a fleet or squadron.

Abbreviation for precipitation effectiveness index.

Erosion rate per unit of erosion index in a cultivated continuous fallow soil.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the air receiver.

Volume flow rate measured in cubic meters per minute (or per hour)

[meaning]

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...