Weather terms starting with Q

21 terms

  1. QG Quasigeostrophic
  2. QN Question
  3. QPF Quantitative Precipitation Forecast. A spatial and temporal precipitation forecast that will predict the potential amount of future precipitation for a…
  4. QPF Discussion This HPC forecast discussion is directed completely to explaining manual forecasts of areas in the contiguous 48 states expected to receive 1/4 inch or…
  5. QPFERD NCEP Excessive Rainfall Discussion
  6. QPFHSD NCEP Heavy Snow Discussion
  7. QPFPFD NCEP Precipitation Forecast Discussion
  8. QSTNRY Quasi-stationary - describes a low or high pressure area or a front that is nearly stationary.
  9. QTR Quarter
  10. Quad One quadrillion Btu. (1,000,000,000,000,000 Btu)
  11. Quadrature The component of the complex signal that is 90 degrees out of phase with the inphase component.
  12. Quality Measurement Experiments (QME) A special class of value-added product that regularly compares two or more data sets intended to understand the individual datastreams either as functions…
  13. Quality of Snow The amount of ice in a snow sample expressed as a percent of the weight of the sample.
  14. quality-assured data Typically, the final form of data to be submitted to the ARM data system. Includes datastream description documentation, fully calibrated data in commonly…
  15. Quantitative Precipitation Forecast A spatial and temporal precipitation forecast that will predict the potential amount of future precipitation for a specified region, or area.
  16. Quasi-stationary (abbrev. QSTNRY)- Describes a low or high pressure area or a front that is nearly stationary.
  17. Quasi-stationary Front A front which is nearly stationary or moves very little since the last synoptic position. Also known as a stationary front.
  18. Quaternary period the second period of the Cenozoic era containing the Pleistocene epoch and the Holocene epoch and lasting from 1.8 million years to the present.
  19. Quick Looks Daily and weekly plots of ARM data that give users a browsable quick view of a subset of data available at the ARM Archive.
  20. Quiescent Prominence (Filament) Long, sheet-like prominences nearly vertical to the solar surface
  21. Quiet Solar activity levels with less than one chromospheric event per day.