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standing wave
- Sinônimos
- stationary wave
- Definição1
- A wave that is stationary with respect to the medium in which it is embedded, for example, two equal gravity waves moving in opposite directions.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 29 ago. 2022.
- Definição2
- The motion of air downwind of a steep hill or mountain in which the high and low points of the wave do not move.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Fonte3
- Fritz, S.; Soules, S.D. Large-Scale temperature Changes in the Stratosphere Observed from Nimbus III. In: AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Journals. Disponível em:
- Contexto
- The atmosphere seems to act like a standing wave in which the amplitude of the temperature changes are larger in the middle and high latitudes of the winter hemisphere than in the tropics and summer hemisphere.
- Subárea
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- mountain wave
- Spanish
- onda estacionaria