troposphericadj.
/ˌtrɒpəˈsfɛrɪk/, U.S. /ˌtroʊpəˈsfɛrɪk/, /ˌtrɑpəˈsfɛrɪk/ Meteorology.
Of or relating to the troposphere; occurring in the troposphere.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > specific region of
subsolar1845
stratospheric1909
tropospheric1914
ionospheric1933
stratospherical1934
mesospheric1940
magnetospheric1961
protonospheric1965
thermospheric1971
plasmaspheric1974
1914 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 42 151/1 This is true in general at those levels which are tropospheric over a station with high pressure, and stratospheric over another with low pressure.
1939 Proc. IRE 27 634 It is believed that most of the tropospheric reflections occur at air-mass boundaries or other similar discontinuities.
1973 Guardian 18 May 18/5 With tropospheric fallout there is a steep rise in the level of iodine 131 in milk.
2004 Times (Nexis) 6 May This lack of tropospheric warming has long puzzled scientists, as it is predicted by all the major models of climate change.
Compounds
tropospheric scatter n. = troposcatter n.; frequently attributive.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio wave > scattering of
forward scattering1950
scatter1950
tropospheric scatter1955
tropo1957
troposcatter1957
1955 Proc. IRE 43 1336 (heading) Some tropospheric scatter propagation measurements near the radio horizon.
1968 Radio Communication Handbk. (ed. 4) xii. 17/2 The various forms of propagation by scatter..include tropospheric scatter, ionospheric scatter..and meteor-trail scatter.
2007 R. L. Freeman Radio Syst. Design for Telecommunications (ed. 3) v. 220 The picture of the tropospheric scatter mechanism is still pretty speculative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1914