brown ocean effect

noun

A weather phenomenon involving tropical cyclones which, after landfall, maintain their strength or intensify over warm, moist land surfaces.

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Meanings

nounbrown ocean effect (uncountable)
  1. uncountableclimatologyA weather phenomenon involving tropical cyclones which, after landfall, maintain their strength or intensify over warm, moist land surfaces.
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