diurnal oscillation

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• diurnal oscillation — the diurnal movement of plankton up and down in the water column, often mirrored by fish feeding on them …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• diurnal libration — diurnal libration, an apparent oscillation of the moon as perceived by an observer, produced by the effect of the earth s rotation …   Useful english dictionary

• Diurnal cycle — A diurnal cycle is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the Earth.[1] In climatology, the diurnal cycle is one of the most basic forms of climate patterns. The most familiar such pattern is the diurnal… …   Wikipedia

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• Arctic oscillation — The Arctic oscillation (AO) or Northern Annular Mode/Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode (NAM) is an index (which varies over time with no particular periodicity) of the dominant pattern of non seasonal sea level pressure variations north of 20N… …   Wikipedia

• North Atlantic oscillation — For the rock band, see North Atlantic Oscillation (band). The North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) is a climatic phenomenon in the North Atlantic Ocean of fluctuations in the difference of atmospheric pressure at sea level between the Icelandic low… …   Wikipedia

• Climate oscillation — A climate oscillation is any oscillation within global or regional climate. These fluctuations in atmospheric temperature, sea surface temperature, precipitation or other parameters can be quasi periodic, often occurring on inter annual, multi… …   Wikipedia

• North Pacific Oscillation — The NPO pattern. The North Pacific Oscillation (NPO) is a teleconnection pattern first described by Walker and Bliss[1] and characterized by a north south seesaw in sea level pressure over the North Pacific. Rogers, using surface atmospheric… …   Wikipedia

• Richard Lindzen — Richard S. Lindzen Born 8 February 1940 (1940 02 08) (age 71) Webster, Massachusetts Fields Atmospheric physics …   Wikipedia

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• Tide — This article is about tides in the Earth s oceans. For other uses, see Tide (disambiguation). Tidal redirects here. For other uses, see Tidal (disambiguation). High Tide redirects here. For other uses, see High Tide (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia