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Atmospheric river

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002348

Large, narrow sections of the Earth’s atmosphere that carry moisture from the Earth’s tropics near the equator to the poles, which producing heavy snow and rain upon reaching land.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002348
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesEPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002348",
  "term": "Atmospheric river",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Atmospheric River",
  "definition": "Large, narrow sections of the Earth’s atmosphere that carry moisture from the Earth’s tropics near the equator to the poles, which producing heavy snow and rain upon reaching land.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/atmospheric-river/"
}

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