Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... feet , or 1,917 meters ) , the air pres- sure is but 79 percent of that at sea level . Atop Ben Nevis , the highest mountain in the British Isles at 4,406 feet ( 1,343 meters ) , the air pressure is reduced to 85 percent . The air ...
... feet , or 1,917 meters ) , the air pres- sure is but 79 percent of that at sea level . Atop Ben Nevis , the highest mountain in the British Isles at 4,406 feet ( 1,343 meters ) , the air pressure is reduced to 85 percent . The air ...
Pàgina 16
... feet to almost 700 feet , or from 8 to 200 meters . Ozone , on the other hand , of which most is actually concentrated in the stratosphere , makes up only a total of about 6 centimeters . Yet we rely on that trace amount to ward off the ...
... feet to almost 700 feet , or from 8 to 200 meters . Ozone , on the other hand , of which most is actually concentrated in the stratosphere , makes up only a total of about 6 centimeters . Yet we rely on that trace amount to ward off the ...
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... feet ( 750 meters ) , but not at nearby Las Cruces , New Mexico , at 3,900 feet ( 1,200 meters ) at the same latitude and not far higher . In Mérida , Venezuela , stands the longest cable car in the world . The first of four stages ...
... feet ( 750 meters ) , but not at nearby Las Cruces , New Mexico , at 3,900 feet ( 1,200 meters ) at the same latitude and not far higher . In Mérida , Venezuela , stands the longest cable car in the world . The first of four stages ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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