On 16 Dec, 22:02, "GKN" wrote:
On browsing the group I am often confronted with the terms Short wave and
Long wave, could somebody please explain what these terms mean in
meteorology and what causes them?

many thanks.

Hi Len,

Lenhttp://www.test.earthscape.org/t1/lis01/lis01aa.html

Link above might be worth a read.

HTH,

Ian, Raunds, East Northants. 63m amsl. NGR SP9972