Weather: How It Works And Why It MattersBasic Books, 20 de set. 2000 - 223 pàgines Scientists have delved deep into the smallest particles of matter and have extended their view to the far reaches of the universe, but still seem unable to predict the temperature five days hence. In this intriguing book, two scientists examine recent progress in the fields of meteorology and climatology. Amid colorful anecdotes of the Galápagos, Siberia, and places closer to home, they describe the earth's atmosphere, its origin and structure, and the forces that have shaped and continue to affect it. They explore temperature, pressure, and other properties of air and weather, including warm and cold fronts, highs and lows, clouds, trade winds, prevailing westerlies, and sky phenomena such as rainbows, halos, coronae, and sun dogs. The authors end with a discussion of the major threats to earth's atmosphere brought on by human activity, including global warming and ozone depletion, and argue that pure science--not politics--should dictate our policy responses. |
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... 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 coming down from the upper warm layers ...
... 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 coming down from the upper warm layers ...
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... cold air is heavier and denser than warm air ; as such it seeks to compact it- self more tightly to the ground . At a given altitude , a mass of cold air regis- ters a lower air pressure aloft than does a warmer mass ; when the air is cold ...
... cold air is heavier and denser than warm air ; as such it seeks to compact it- self more tightly to the ground . At a given altitude , a mass of cold air regis- ters a lower air pressure aloft than does a warmer mass ; when the air is cold ...
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... cold winters . But colder winters are not less consistent with the effects of greenhouse gases than very hot summers for two related rea- sons . The first is that overall climatic trends can be masked by short - term effects that ...
... cold winters . But colder winters are not less consistent with the effects of greenhouse gases than very hot summers for two related rea- sons . The first is that overall climatic trends can be masked by short - term effects that ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
Copyright | |
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