Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... Scale , con- veniently abbreviated C in either case , or -459 degrees on the Fahrenheit Scale , identified with the letter F. Above this point , the speeds of gas molecules can rise steadily to define the temperature . For this reason ...
... Scale , con- veniently abbreviated C in either case , or -459 degrees on the Fahrenheit Scale , identified with the letter F. Above this point , the speeds of gas molecules can rise steadily to define the temperature . For this reason ...
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... scale height . so in reality , the density falls off in a specific way . We don't even know ex- actly where the top ... scale height of our atmosphere . The weight of a column of air one inch square and extending upward into space , or ...
... scale height . so in reality , the density falls off in a specific way . We don't even know ex- actly where the top ... scale height of our atmosphere . The weight of a column of air one inch square and extending upward into space , or ...
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... scales proposed by Celsius and Fahrenheit are still used today . Most scale designers chose for their two fixed points the temperatures of melting ice and boiling water . Difficulties arise , though , because the tem- perature of a ...
... scales proposed by Celsius and Fahrenheit are still used today . Most scale designers chose for their two fixed points the temperatures of melting ice and boiling water . Difficulties arise , though , because the tem- perature of a ...
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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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