Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... surface is called the troposphere and is a region of mostly falling tempera- ture with altitude . Physically , the troposphere is characterized through its major energy input , which comes from the heated surface below ; and the surface ...
... surface is called the troposphere and is a region of mostly falling tempera- ture with altitude . Physically , the troposphere is characterized through its major energy input , which comes from the heated surface below ; and the surface ...
Pàgina 44
... surface material except snow and ice , and because clouds are the dominating factor here , it is evi- dent that clouds exert a great influence on the heat of a planetary surface . We will have more to say about these planetary neighbors ...
... surface material except snow and ice , and because clouds are the dominating factor here , it is evi- dent that clouds exert a great influence on the heat of a planetary surface . We will have more to say about these planetary neighbors ...
Pàgina 58
... surface . We said in Chapter 2 that relatively dry air has a dew - point temperature well below its own temperature ... surface cools the fastest and deposits its water vapor on the ground . Blades of grass have much more surface area ...
... surface . We said in Chapter 2 that relatively dry air has a dew - point temperature well below its own temperature ... surface cools the fastest and deposits its water vapor on the ground . Blades of grass have much more surface area ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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