Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... layers of air . If the temperature is cold enough all the way to the surface , the precipitation reaches the ground as snow , otherwise it will arrive as rain . But if very cold air close to the ground lies beneath warmer air , rain ...
... layers of air . If the temperature is cold enough all the way to the surface , the precipitation reaches the ground as snow , otherwise it will arrive as rain . But if very cold air close to the ground lies beneath warmer air , rain ...
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... layers of the Earth . The Deccan traps show there have been a number of these types of floods . That they appear to ... layers deep inside the Earth's interior . Heat developed by radioactive processes in atomic nuclei may cause the ...
... layers of the Earth . The Deccan traps show there have been a number of these types of floods . That they appear to ... layers deep inside the Earth's interior . Heat developed by radioactive processes in atomic nuclei may cause the ...
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... layers than were found in the adjacent intervening layers . During the periods showing greater deposits of debris , reduced productiv- ity of living organisms was noticeable . Heinrich events are also found in South Atlantic sediments ...
... layers than were found in the adjacent intervening layers . During the periods showing greater deposits of debris , reduced productiv- ity of living organisms was noticeable . Heinrich events are also found in South Atlantic sediments ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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