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For over sixty years, the peer-reviewed Glossary of Meteorology has been the authoritative source for definitions of meteorological terms. A living document, containing over 12,000 terms, individual Glossary terms are periodically updated as our fields evolve.
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Spanish-Language Dictionaries and Glossaries in the U.S.

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COMET Translation Resource Center, where the COMET English-Spanish Glossary of Meteorology and Other Terms is housed.

NWS English to Spanish Dictionary

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