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storm-relative helicity

noun

Definitions

  1. A measure of low-level wind shear in the atmosphere

    A measure of low-level wind shear in the atmosphere; can be used to assess how favorable an environment is for cyclonic updraft rotation in a right-moving supercell thunderstorm

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for storm-relative helicity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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