HOPKINS GLOSSARY OF WEATHER TERMS P


pilot balloon (pibal)

Plan Position Indicator (PPI)

polar orbiting satellite

PPI

precipitation intensity

precipitation type

pressure-type anemometer

psychrometer

psychrometric table


Last update 6 June 1996
Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu