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 ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Open Shelter Deck

A time draft (or bill of exchange) that the drawee (payer) has accepted and is unconditionally obligated to pay at maturity.- Broadly speaking, any agreement to purchase goods under specified terms.

The device in an air conditioner that distributes the filtered air from the return duct over the cooling coil/heat exchanger. This circulated air is cooled/heated and then sent through the supply duct, past dampers, and through supply diffusers to the liv ...

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Vehicles Ferry.

A type of air compressor in which air is compressed in a series of stages as it flows axaily through a decreasing tubular area.

Numerous shipments from different shippers to one consignee that are consolidated and treated as a single consignment.

A type of ceiling and roof assembly that has no attic.

Vessel Traffic System

Very Large Crude Carrier (between 160,000 - 320,000 DWT)

The process whereby a position on the scale of an instrument is identified with the magnitude of the signal (or input force) actuating the instrument.

Any number of solar photovoltaic modules or solar thermal collectors or reflectors connected together to provide electrical or thermal energy.

That part of the ocean lying below 300 fathoms from the surface.

The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. Compare to flood stage.

European Harbour Masters Association

A type of rain gauge shield consisting of freely hanging, evenly spaced slats arranged circularly around the gauge. The advantage of this shield is that the slats do not easily accumulate snow, permitting its use on unattended gauges. See rain gauge shiel ...

One of the main components of a company's Report and Accounts, the balance sheet provides a.

film hygrometer element-An electrical hygrometer element constructed of a plastic strip coated with a film of carbon black dispersed in a hygroscopic binder. Variations in atmospheric moisture content vary the volume of the binder and thus change the resi ...