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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment
C. Donald Ahrens,Henson Robert +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present an overview of the Earth and its atmosphere, including the following: 1. Earth and Its Atmosphere. 2. Earth's Changing Climate. 3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures. 4. Atmospheric Humidity. 5. Air Pressure and Winds. 6. Stability and Cloud Development. 7. Precipitation.Abstract:
1. Earth and Its Atmosphere. 2. Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere. 3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures. 4. Atmospheric Humidity. 5. Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds. 6. Stability and Cloud Development. 7. Precipitation. 8. Air Pressure and Winds. 9. Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems. 10. Wind: Global Systems. 11. Air Masses and Fronts. 12. Middle-Latitude Cyclones. 13. Weather Forecasting. 14. Thunderstorms. 15. Tornadoes. 16. Hurricanes. 17. Earth's Changing Climate. 18. Global Climate. 19. Air Pollution. 20. Light, Color, and Atmospheric Optics.read more
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Aircraft Design Driven by Climate Change
TL;DR: In this article, a methodology for the integration of climate change criteria in preliminary aircraft design is developed, where operational aspects such as route networks and aircraft fleets are represented in global emissions scenarios and climate metrics similar to the Global Warming Potential used in the Kyoto protocol are integrated in the design loop.
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The 1998 Ice Storm: Local flow fields and linkages to precipitation
TL;DR: In this paper, Hourly surface observations, Doppler radar data and model reanalysis information are used to describe the hydrometeor phase and production of a major freezing rain storm causing catastrophic losses over eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
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Activation method using modifying agent
Stuart Bateman,Ranya Simons,Dong Yang Wu,Patrick James Mcmahon,Douglas Henry Berry,Seana B Kobak,James F Kirchner,Lori Clarice Straus,Mark Paul Johnson,Alexander Bilyk +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of activating an organic coating to enhance adhesion of the coating to a further coating and to other entities comprising applying a solvent and a surface chemistry and/or surface topography modifying agent to the organic coating is presented.
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Indicators of Rain: Evidence from Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda
Michael Robert Nkuba,Raban Chanda,Gagoitseope Mmopelwa,Margaret Najjingo Mangheni,David Lesolle,Edward Kato +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the abiotic and biotic environmental indicators used among pastoralists and arable farmers to predict the onset and cessation of rain as well as to make short-term a...
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Subsurface absorption of anthropogenic warming of the land surface: The case of the world's largest brickworks (Stewartby, Bedfordshire, UK)
TL;DR: This case study indicates that warming of the atmosphere will be sustained in the future by dissipation of the large amount of energy stored in pre-existing subsurface thermal anomalies on a global scale, an issue of major societal implications that demands more detailed investigation.