Weather terms starting with K

22 terms

  1. K Smoke- Smoke in various concentrations can cause significant problems for people with respiratory ailments.
  2. K AMS Cold Air Mass
  3. K Corona In solar-terrestrial terms, of the white-light corona (that is, the corona seen by the eye at a total solar eclipse), that portion which is caused by…
  4. K-Index A measure of the thunderstorm potential based on vertical temperature lapse rate, moisture content of the lower atmosphere, and the vertical extent of the…
  5. Katabatic Wind A wind that is created by air flowing downhill.
  6. Katafront A front where the warm air descends the frontal surface (except in the low layers of the atmosphere).
  7. Keetch-Byrum Drought Index An index used to gage the severity of drought in deep duff and organic soils.
  8. Kelvin Temperature Scale An absolute temperature scale in which a change of 1 Kelvin equals a change of 1 degree Celsius; 0°K is the lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale.
  9. Kelvin Waves Fluctuations in wind speed at the ocean surface at the Equator result in eastward propagating waves, known as Kelvin Waves.
  10. Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves Vertical waves in the air associated with wind shear across statically-stable regions.
  11. Kelvin-Helmoltz waves Vertical waves in the air associated with wind shear across statically stable regions.
  12. Kerogen Solid, waxy mixture of rock is heated to high temperatures, the kerogen is vaporized.
  13. Kerosene A type of heating fuel derived by refining crude oil that has a boiling range at atmospheric pressure from 400 degrees to 550 degrees F.
  14. Kilopascal The internationally recognized unit used by the Atmospheric Environment Service for measuring atmospheric pressure. Abbreviated kPa.
  15. Kinetic Energy Energy available as a result of motion that varies directly in proportion to an object's mass and the square of its velocity.
  16. Klystron An electron tube used as a low-power oscillator or a high-power amplifier at ultrahigh frequencies.
  17. Knot (abbrev. Kt) Unit of speed used in navigation, equal to 1 nautical mile (the length of 1 minute latitude) per hour or about 1.
  18. Knuckles Slang for lumpy protrusions on the edges, and sometimes the underside, of a thunderstorm anvil.
  19. Kp Index A 3-hourly planetary geomagnetic index of activity generated in Gottingen, Germany, based on the K Index from 12 or 13 stations distributed around the…
  20. KT (Knot)- Unit of speed used in navigation, equal to 1 nautical mile (the length of 1 minute latitude) per hour or about 1.15 statue miles per hour, or 0.
  21. KTS Knots
  22. Kyoto Protocol This is an international agreement struck by 159 nations attending the Third Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on…