Microscale meteorology
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Microscale meteorology is the study of atmospheric phenomena smaller than mesoscale, about 1 km or less. These two branches of meteorology are sometimes grouped together as "mesoscale and microscale meteorology" (MMM) and together study all phenomena smaller than synoptic scale; that is they study features generally too small to be depicted on a weather map. These include small and generally fleeting cloud "puffs" and other small cloud features.[1] Microscale meteorology controls the most important mixing and dilution processes in the atmosphere.[2]
[edit] See also
- Synoptic scale
- Mesoscale
- Storm scale
- Misoscale
- Scale (spatial)
- Surface weather analysis
- Wind engineering
[edit] References
- ^ Rogers, R. (1989). A Short Course in Cloud Physics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 61-62. ISBN 0750632151.
- ^ Pereira, Norman (1979). Air and Noise Pollution Control. Totowa: Humana Press, p. 200. ISBN 0896030016.
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