Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... America , it slowed and weakened to a rather average hurricane . Then Mitch stopped right over Honduras and Nicaragua , dumping unbelievable amounts of rain before moving on , with some regions of Honduras getting over 1 meter ( 40 ...
... America , it slowed and weakened to a rather average hurricane . Then Mitch stopped right over Honduras and Nicaragua , dumping unbelievable amounts of rain before moving on , with some regions of Honduras getting over 1 meter ( 40 ...
Pàgina 143
... America , however , forests are re- covering at high latitudes , where vegetation has increased over the past years . We might expect an enrichment of atmospheric carbon dioxide and a warmer climate to favor vegetation , especially if ...
... America , however , forests are re- covering at high latitudes , where vegetation has increased over the past years . We might expect an enrichment of atmospheric carbon dioxide and a warmer climate to favor vegetation , especially if ...
Pàgina 195
... America , frequently for weeks at a time . All summer long , maritime tropical air dominates and is only occasionally in- vaded by an outbreak of cooler , drier continental polar air . Summer rain falls mostly as brief showers and ...
... America , frequently for weeks at a time . All summer long , maritime tropical air dominates and is only occasionally in- vaded by an outbreak of cooler , drier continental polar air . Summer rain falls mostly as brief showers and ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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