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Is the total mass of Earth's atmosphere essentially constant in time?
Per a few questions and comments on this site such as Huge buildings affect earth's rotation? I wonder, is the mass of the Earth's atmosphere roughly constant?
We're burning an incredible amount ...
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High and low pressure area and raining
In the high-pressure area it is mostly likely that there is sun. In low pressure area it is mostly likely that rain will occur.
Because of the law that ...
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If an area is prone to fog in the mornings, is it less likely to rain? [closed]
I live in a city that is very well known for having foggy mornings. Would physics suggest it would be less likely to rain in the morning as a result of this fog?
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How can I interpret negative values of potential evapotranspiration?
If I extract Potential Evaporation (PET, W/m$^2$) from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), climate reanalysis data (downloadable as netCDF files here), there are some negative ...
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Rainbow moon halo [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What causes a ring-like image around light of the moon?
Right at this moment I am observing a fascinating meteorological phenomenon.
The Moon is surrounded by a halo, ...
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Can wind currents form in the mesosphere?
Probably not the right forum for this question.
How high in the atmosphere may an air-current form? Can a wind current form up in the mesosphere?
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why does gravitational force bring the clouds down? [duplicate]
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The Density of Clouds
according to definition of cloud :
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground
as there's ...
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Atmosphere above huge fire areas (e.g., “fire ocean”)? [closed]
My question is more about climate sciences, but I hope that it is still related to physics.
What would be possible atmospheric conditions for planet with some kind of "fire" ocean?
I had some ...
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Which topics & books should I read to understand whirlpool, tornado, hurricane etc.?
I want to be expert to understand physics behind whirlpool, tornado, hurricane. Which topics are needed for this?
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Wind's Sources and Drains (see live map!!)
I was pointed out by a friend to this website that shows live map of wind in US. It sometimes show interesting places where all the wind seems to converge and vanish.
What's the origin of such "wind ...
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Where can I find open-source weather forecast software? [closed]
Are there any software packages/frameworks for running weather forecast numeric models on a single PC? I've found at least two instances, but I'm interested to know whether there are more and where I ...
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Are there convective movements similar to those in clouds everywhere in the atmosphere?
I heard there were powerful convective movements in clouds which were responsible for increasing the size of water droplets or ice crystals. My question is: do the same movements appear outside of ...
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Hail stones in summer?
This has always puzzled me. Yesterday (in London) it started hailing despite it being about $20^oC$. A couple of years ago I experienced hail in Sicily when it was about $35^oC$ in the shade!. How is ...
