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Definitions sferics noun  electromagnetic, Electromagnetic pulses caused by atmospheric phenomena, such as lightning. (plural of, sferic) 1920: Wilbur H. Paulsen (American Meteorological Society pub.), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society http://books.google.com/books?vid=0myaFW4os6gDX0JMkJ&id=_IEOAAAAIAAJ&q=sferics&dq=sferics&pgis=1 :A Sferics Locating System has been developed to determine the geographical location of lightning strokes... 1965 (pub.): Mitre Corporation, Research & Experimentation 1960-1964 http://books.google.com/books?vid=0womdjATmZ-KMq2Hz5&id=KqTvgTb9FlAC&q=sferics&dq=sferics&pgis=1 :...an artificial generator was used as a known source of EM pulses. 1987: Barbara Tufty, 1001 Questions Answered About Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disasters http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486254550&id=LpVoN0gmVKcC&pg=RA2-PA38&lpg=RA2-PA38&dq=sferics&sig=BapiarKgnm1NVr9NDBl1Xcgtp-A :Researchers have thought that possibly these could be used to track hurricanes"but so far, they have been only marginally successful. 1998: Donald R. MacGorman?, W. David Rust, The Electrical Nature of Storms http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0195073371&id=_NbHNj7KJecC&pg=RA1-PA248&lpg=RA1-PA248&ots=YIEHDWeyz4&dq=sferics&sig=OLS0anRthBaYjJGasIzg1w-2dUo :Sferics are classified normally by the frequency of the receiver used to detect them. 1999: Rudolf F. Graf, William Sheets, The Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0070151164&id=hSkgkWoCTOcC&pg=RA1-PA1040&lpg=RA1-PA1040&dq=sferics&sig=vvKMO0TLQ5cGW8FT1orXw_T1lEE :This circuit generates a bipolar pulse waveform that closely approximates the main features of . 2003: Rakov, Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, Lightning: Physics and Effects http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0521583276&id=NviMsvVOHJ4C&pg=PA446&lpg=PA446&dq=sferics&sig=X0H-Fg7yaFTa7xnvGjFpMCvXmXM PPA446,M1 :The second common theoretical approach of the propagation of involves viewing the Earth-ionosphere cavity as a waveguide... (context, jargon) radio interference caused by sferics; atmospherics 1959: D. L. Carpenter, Identification of Whistler Sources on Visual Records and a Method of Routine Whistler Analysis http://books.google.com/books?vid=0CvavUP1EobqnPvg2kcxKpm&id=AMkEAAAAIAAJ&q=sferics&dq=sferics&pgis=1 :In the identification of sources of short whistlers, the spectral characteristics of the can often be used to establish many as doubtful... 1963: Thomas Pynchon, V. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0060930217&id=jqS2pmUIfOAC&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=sferics&sig=hTNgLxC4jVzXVTay3Pl6bE_2Dgw :As it turned out, the whistler was only the first of a family of whose taxonomy was to include clicks, hooks, risers, nose-whistlers and one like a warbling of birds called the dawn chorus.... Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for sferics for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page. Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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