Any stationary cloud maintaining its position with respect to a mountain peak or ridge, such as a banner cloud, cap cloud, crest cloud, or cloud of the species lenticularis.
A precipitation gauge comprising a tall pipe 30.5 cm (12 in.) in diameter designed especially to measure the water content of snow in remote mountainous areas for unattended operation; part of a SNOTE
L site. The bottom contains a known amount of an oil-antifreeze mixture. The oil prevents evaporation and the antifreeze melts the snow. A pressure transducer converts the oil-antifreeze-water mixture into a calibrated water depth. Daily changes in depth provide seasonal and annual accumulations.
(from the Icelandic; also referred to as Tuya) A subglacially erupted volcano, characteristed by steep flanks and a flat or slightly domed summit. Named after a volcano in Iceland, no longer enveloped
in ice.