D (absinkend) → D (downward)

Dampfdruck → vapour pressure; vP

Dampfdruck → vapour pressure, vapor pressure (US)

Dampfnebel → steam fog

Dampfnebel → warm-water fog

Datenassimilation → data assimilation

Datumsgrenze → date line

Datumsgrenze → international date line

Datumsgrenze → international date line

Datumsgrenze → date line

Dec (Dezember) → Dec (December)

DEG (Grad) → DEG (Degrees)

DESC (Abstieg) → DESC (Descent)

Diagramm → diagram

Diamantstaub → diamond dust

dichter Nebel → dense fog

dicker Nebel (Sicht) → dense fog (visibility)

diesig (Sicht) → very poor visibility

Differenz zum normalen Flutpegel → storm surge

Diffraktion → diffraction

diffuse Beleuchtung → diffuse illuminance

diffuses Licht → diffuse illuminance

diffuses Licht → diffuse illumination

direkte Sonnenstrahlung → direct solar radiation

Dispersion → dispersion

Dispersion → scatter

Divergenz → divergence

Divergenz → diffluence

Divergenz → divergence (opposite of convergence)

Donner → thunder

Donnergrollen → roar of thunder

Donnergrollen? → rumbling sound (of thunder)

Doppler Radar → doppler radar

Downburst → Downburst

DR (-fegen, fegend) → DR drifting snow

Drehung → rotation

Drehventil → rotation vent

Dreimasseneck → triple point

Dreimasseneck → triple state

Dropsonde → dropsonde

Druck → pressure

Druckänderung → pressure change

Druckgradient → pressure gradient

Druckgradient → barometric slope

Druckgradient → isobaric slope

Druckgradient → gradient of pressure

Druckgradientkraft → pressure gradient force

Druckhöhe → pressure altitude

Druckhöhe → height of the barometer

Druckhöhenmesser → pressure altimeter

Druckmesser → gauge

Druckminderer → pressure reducer

DS (Staubsturm) → DS (duststorm)

DU (schwebender Staub) → DU (dust)

dünner Nebel (Sicht) → moderate fog (visibility)

Dunst (trockener) → haze

Dünung → swell

durchbrochene Wolkendecke → broken BKN

Durchschnitt → average

Durchschnitt → mean

Dürre → drought

Dürreperiode → dry spell

Dürreperiode → dry period

Düseneffekt → Venturi-Effect MET

dynamisch → dynamic

dynamische Hebung → dynamic lifting

dynamisches Hoch → dynamic anticyclone

dynamisches Tief → dynamic low

dynamisches Tiefdruckgebiet → dynamic depression

DZ (Sprühregen, Nieseln) → DZ (drizzle)