Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

cyclonic scale

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: cyclonic scale
 
(sī′klän·ik ′skāl)

(meteorology) The scale of the migratory high-and low-pressure systems (or cyclone waves) of the lower troposphere, with wavelengths of 1000-2500 kilometers. Also known as synoptic scale.


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a word or phrase...
All Community Q&A Reference topics
 
 
 

 

Copyrights:

Sci-Tech Dictionary. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more