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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... cool air and will rise whenever cool air surrounds it . The difference can be great enough to lift a balloon ; indeed , balloonists depended upon this phenom- enon throughout the nineteenth century . Thus , as sunlight warms the ground ...
... cool air and will rise whenever cool air surrounds it . The difference can be great enough to lift a balloon ; indeed , balloonists depended upon this phenom- enon throughout the nineteenth century . Thus , as sunlight warms the ground ...
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... cool the liquid . Glass is a poor conductor of heat , or of anything else . Nowadays , electronic thermometers have a very fast response . Some of them can detect temperature variations occurring within one hundredth of a second ...
... cool the liquid . Glass is a poor conductor of heat , or of anything else . Nowadays , electronic thermometers have a very fast response . Some of them can detect temperature variations occurring within one hundredth of a second ...
Pàgina 58
... cool dramatically to reach the dew point , where saturation occurs . Moist air has a dew point just below the air tem- perature , thus condensation is much more likely to take place . On a crisp , clear evening , the ground and the air ...
... cool dramatically to reach the dew point , where saturation occurs . Moist air has a dew point just below the air tem- perature , thus condensation is much more likely to take place . On a crisp , clear evening , the ground and the air ...
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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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