单词 | nephanalysis |
释义 | nephanalysisn. Meteorology. Analysis of the amounts and kinds of cloud present over an area, now usually based on satellite images; a map or chart showing the results of such an analysis. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > study or science of specific conditions or phenomena > [noun] > study of clouds nephelognosy1815 nephology1890 nephelology1892 nephanalysis1945 1945 F. A. Berry et al. Handbk. Meteorol. xi. 882 Synoptic studies of clouds (nephanalysis) indicate the possibility of a visual weather analysis based on cloud observations. 1961 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. 31/5 Meanwhile the meteorologists were translating the cloud pictures into diagrammatic meteorological charts, known as ‘nephanalyses’. 1965 Q. Jrnl. Royal Meteorol. Soc. 91 526 The latest Tiros 9 weather satellite is on a polar orbit and facsimile nephanalyses are received twice daily at Bracknell for an area close to or covering the British Isles. 1993 Austral. Meteorol. Mag. 42 7 The distribution of total cloudiness over Australia is examined using data from the United States Air Force 3D Nephanalysis dataset. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1945 |
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