Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pāgines |
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... important to realize just how little of our air consists of this gas , because carbon dioxide is much the most important and abundant of the gases that give rise to global warming , the so - called greenhouse gases that pro- duce the ...
... important to realize just how little of our air consists of this gas , because carbon dioxide is much the most important and abundant of the gases that give rise to global warming , the so - called greenhouse gases that pro- duce the ...
Pāgina 18
... importance , as indicated by the phrase " It's not the heat , it's the humidity , " now considered dogma by most of us in ... important tests for any parameter : Unlike hu- midity , dew point is an independent quantity . The humidity is ...
... importance , as indicated by the phrase " It's not the heat , it's the humidity , " now considered dogma by most of us in ... important tests for any parameter : Unlike hu- midity , dew point is an independent quantity . The humidity is ...
Pāgina 133
... important greenhouse gas , but only be- cause it is far more abundant than any of the others . Its molecules are not particularly efficient at absorbing infrared radiation , and are certainly less efficient in this role than are other ...
... important greenhouse gas , but only be- cause it is far more abundant than any of the others . Its molecules are not particularly efficient at absorbing infrared radiation , and are certainly less efficient in this role than are other ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
Copyright | |
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