Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pāgines |
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Pāgina 17
... rise is as follows : We noted above that cooling air loses its ability to hang on to its water vapor , and if cooled enough , the dew point is reached and condensa- tion or precipitation occurs . Warm and cool air have one more fundamen ...
... rise is as follows : We noted above that cooling air loses its ability to hang on to its water vapor , and if cooled enough , the dew point is reached and condensa- tion or precipitation occurs . Warm and cool air have one more fundamen ...
Pāgina 119
... rise of river civilizations along the Nile , Indus , and Hwang Ho Rivers among others . Agriculture flourished and permitted the rise of city - states , and the mild conditions may have helped secure their relative permanence . Ocean ...
... rise of river civilizations along the Nile , Indus , and Hwang Ho Rivers among others . Agriculture flourished and permitted the rise of city - states , and the mild conditions may have helped secure their relative permanence . Ocean ...
Pāgina 183
... rise slowly , from 280 ppm to about 300 ppm by 1950 , and then more rapidly to near 370 ppm today . The steep rise in the abundance of this gas has been closely monitored since 1958. The amount varies annually , rising with the ...
... rise slowly , from 280 ppm to about 300 ppm by 1950 , and then more rapidly to near 370 ppm today . The steep rise in the abundance of this gas has been closely monitored since 1958. The amount varies annually , rising with the ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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