单词 | temperature anomaly |
释义 | > as lemmastemperature anomaly b. Meteorology. More fully temperature anomaly. The degree to which the average temperature at a place differs from the temperature expected for its geographical position, or from a reference value based on past observations. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > difference of actual from normal temperature anomaly1853 1853 E. J. Sabine tr. H. W. Dove Distribution Heat 20 We require..to exhibit the relation of the actual temperature of each place to the mean or normal temperature of its geographical latitude. I call the difference between the actual and normal temperature the ‘thermic anomaly’. 1922 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents i. i. 3 The ‘anomaly of temperature’ for that place, a positive anomaly if the place is warmer than the mean, a negative anomaly if it is colder. 2017 Independent (Nexis) 20 July (Environment section) In France and Western Europe, the 2003 summer is the warmest on record, with seasonal mean temperature anomalies of about plus 3.2C on average over France. < as lemmas |
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