Apparatus designed to measure and record the size distribution of raindrops as they occur in the atmosphere.

Root Mean Square. This notation is used frequently with error analysis. In that context, it is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations of the individual calibration points from the theoretical or ideal response.

A liquid-in-glass thermometer which uses an organic substance such as alcohol as the thermometer liquid. This type of thermometer has a low freezing point and a high coefficient of expansion. It is less accurate, however, than a mercury thermometer.

When the temperature of the hydrothermal liquids is over 350 F (177 C), flash-steam technology is generally employed. In these systems, most of the liquid is flashed to steam. The steam is separated from the remaining liquid and used to drive a turbine ge ...

An inverter that operates independent of or is not connected to an electric transmission and distribution network.

Illegal share dealings by employees of a company where they have used confidential.

A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end.

National Contingency Response

A device which operates compressors in sequence according to a programmed schedule.

A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher. In the northern hemisphere hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.

The twelve month period commencing 6th April and ending 5th April the following.

A balloon having a detachable tail which is released when the balloon has undergone a predetermined expansion. It thus serves to measure approximately the density of the atmosphere at the point of release.

A gas produced by many fruits and vegetables that accelerates the ripening and aging processes.

A measure of the relative flame spread, and smoke development, from a material being tested. The flame spread rating is a single number comparing the flame spread of a material with red oak, arbitrarily given the number 100 and asbestos cement board with ...

A type of solar thermal collector where the heat transfer fluid flows through tubes formed in the absorber plate.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

The movement of ions through the electrolyte associated with the passage of the electric current. Also called transport or migration.

A photoelectric spectrophotometer which is used in the determination of the ozone content of the atmosphere.

A measure, proposed by Angstrom, of the precipitation effectiveness of a region.