Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... tion that keeps a greenhouse warm in the wintertime and makes a car unseemly hot when in the sun with its windows closed . The glass in both cases is transparent to the incoming solar radiation , but opaque to the in- evitable ...
... tion that keeps a greenhouse warm in the wintertime and makes a car unseemly hot when in the sun with its windows closed . The glass in both cases is transparent to the incoming solar radiation , but opaque to the in- evitable ...
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... tion in all its forms , on weather on specific holidays or other dates , on sea- sons during the year , on aches and pains , and , in recent times , the weather as noted by such instruments as the barometer . The Moon has played a large ...
... tion in all its forms , on weather on specific holidays or other dates , on sea- sons during the year , on aches and pains , and , in recent times , the weather as noted by such instruments as the barometer . The Moon has played a large ...
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... tion , which has been detected in various meteorological situations , mostly in the stratosphere . The wind in the equatorial stratosphere changes direc- tion every twenty - six months , and it is still a mystery as to where this ...
... tion , which has been detected in various meteorological situations , mostly in the stratosphere . The wind in the equatorial stratosphere changes direc- tion every twenty - six months , and it is still a mystery as to where this ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
Copyright | |
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