Automated Weather Observing Station. A self-contained weather station designed to make aviation weather observations without operator involvement.

A person appointed by a company to perform an audit. In the UK auditors are Chartered.

An inert gas. A colorless, monatomic element which is found to occur in dry air to the extent of only 0.000524 percent by volume. Helium is very light, having a molecular weight of only 4.003 and specific gravity referred to air of 0.138. Because helium i ...

Patrol/Work Boat.

Wire Rods in Coils

A quantity of (solid) biomass fuel equal to 2,400 pounds bone dry.

Ad valorem.

Megabyte

A unit of measure for an electrical current; the amount of current that flows in a circuit at an electromotive force of one Volt and at a resistance of one Ohm. Abbreviated as amp.

Payroll Change Report.

Lower explosive limit (lower flammable limit)

Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time. Network of automatic rain gauges that transmit via VHF radio link when precipitation occurs. Some sites are also equipped with other sensors such as temperature, wind, pressure, river stage or tide level. More info ...

The law of the sea; jurisdiction over maritime causes.

Wind with a speed between 4 and 27 knots (4 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale numbers 2 through 6.

Persian Gulf (See AG)

The maximum stress that a material is capable of sustaining without any permanent strain (deformation) remaining upon complete release of the stress.

The action of light on a biological system that results in the dissociation of a substrate, usually water, to produce hydrogen.

Independent Economic Unit (Employed Person)

Current efficiency at the cathode.

A graph that indicates the distribution of wind speeds as a function of the cumulative number of hours that the wind speed exceeds a given wind speed in a year.