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First Edition Preface Second Edition Preface Acknowledgments
Section C C index 181-189 of 1157 terms
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centibar—(Abbreviated cb.) The pressure unit of the meter–tonne–second system of physical units, equal to 10 millibars or 104 dynes cm−2.
centigrade temperature scale—(Abbreviated °C.) A temperature scale with the ice point of water at 0° and the boiling point at 100°. Conversion to the Fahrenheit temperature scale is according to the formula °C = 5/9 (°F − 32). See Celsius temperature scale.
centimeter–gram–second system—(Abbreviated cgs.) A system of physical units based on the use of the centimeter, the gram, and the second as elementary quantities of length, mass, and time, respectively. In this system, density is expressed in gm cm−3, speed in cm s−1, force in dynes (gm cm s−2, pressure in baryes (dynes cm−2), and energy in ergs (gm cm2s−2). While this is a popular system of units in nearly all fields of science and technology, some of the meter–kilogram–second system units are more convenient for certain meteorological applications.
centipoise—A convenient unit of viscosity, defined as one hundredth of a poise, or 10−2 gm cm−1s−1.
central dense overcast—The region of dense cloud near the core of a tropical cyclone.
central forecasting office—A forecast office with the responsibility for preparing analysis, guidance, and prognostic data, and/or for preparing forecasts and warnings over a regional or national domain to be disseminated to local weather stations, media, and other users of weather information.
central limit theorem—See normal distribution.
central moment—In statistics, a moment taken about the mean.
central pressure—At any given instant, the atmospheric pressure at the center of a high or low; the highest pressure in a high, the lowest pressure in a low. Central pressure almost invariably refers to sea level pressure of systems on a surface chart.
central tendency—In statistics, the general level, characteristic, or typical value that is representative of the majority of cases. Among several accepted measures of central tendency employed in data reduction, the most common are the arithmetic mean (simple average), the median, and the mode.
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