explosive cyclogenesis
A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour…A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
1985, SJ Colucci. Journal of the atmospheric sciences, Volume 42, number 24, page 2701, Explosive cyclogenesis and large-scale circulation changes: Implications for atmospheric blocking
1986, Frederick Sanders, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 114, page 1781, Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981–84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior.
Origin
From explosive (“from being the explosive (rapid) generation of an extratropical cyclonicFrom explosive (“from being the explosive (rapid) generation of an extratropical cyclonic storm”) + cyclogenesis.
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Forms
plural: explosive cyclogeneses| Singular | explosive cyclogenesis |
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Synonyms
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