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Western boundary currents No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Western insurrection, 1794 No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
western intensification No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Western Panjabi language No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Westerveldite No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
West Greenland current A current of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland. It is fed from the East Greenland Current and from the cyclonic circulation of the Labrador Sea and a chieves a transport of over 30 Sv (30 x 10^6 m^3/s). Some of its water turns westward at 64N to join the Labrador Current; the remainder continues northward as a relatively warm current through Davis Strait and into Baffin Bay, where it can be seen as a temperature maximum of greater than 1C at a depth of 500 m. This water eventually turns westward as well to feed the Baffin Current and through it the Labrador Current. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Westgrenite No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
West Indies--Hist No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
West Indies--Hist.--1756-1763 No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
West Indies--Hist.--1756-1765 No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
West Indies--Hist.--1775-1755 No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Westinghouse air-brake No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Westmoreland (Steamboat) No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
West’s engine No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
West Spitzbergen current The continuation of the Norwegian Current. It carries 3-5 Sv (3-5 x 10^6 m^3/s) of water from the Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean. Another 1 Sv enters the Arctic Ocean through the Barents Sea. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
westward No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
wet No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Wet-based glacier A glacier the bed of which is at its pressure-melting point. Warm-based glacier is a synonym. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
wet bulb potential temperature The temperature an air parcel would have if cooled from its initial state adiabatically to saturation, and thence brought to 1000 mb by a moist-adiabatic process. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
wet bulb temperature No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
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