Winds which, over a small area, differ from those which would be appropriate to the general pressure distribution.

Forward. The opposite of abaft.

The process of assimilating many small shipments into one large shipment at a central point so that economies of scale may be achieved; to commence discharge of cargo.

Technologies that pertain to the generation of electricity.

Transverse or longitudinal partitions separating portions of the ship ("walls" in a ship).

Stocks whose dividend payouts are high as a proportion of their share price. This could either be.

A relatively small-scale, downward moving current of air.

A synoptic code approved by the World Meteorological Organization in which the observable meteorological elements are encoded and transmitted in "words" of five numerical digits length. Often abbreviated synoptic code.

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

All the natural and living things around us. The earth, air, weather, plants, and animals all make up our environment.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of light or the relative intensity of a pair of lights. Also called an illuminometer. If the instrument is designed to measure the intensity of light as a function of wavelength, it is called a spectrophotometer. ...

Aging induced by cold working.

A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4-7/8 of the way up the mast.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

A line of equal or constant temperature.

A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.6 pounds.

A complete PV power system composed of the module (or arrary), and balance-of-system (BOS) components including the array supports, electrical conductors/wiring, fuses, safety disconnects, and grounds, charge controllers, inverters, battery storage, etc.

See insurance.

An effect noted primarily in wet snow conditions when snow clings to the sides of a precipitation gauge and gradually accumulates until the gauge orifice is capped with accumulated snow. This effect can be minimized by using large collectors, and wind scr ...

The physical material upon which a photovoltaic cell is applied.