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Weather Predicting Simplified is the first book that shows the reader, with many sample satellite photos and weather maps, how to predict the weather easily and accurately - without having to wait for hours for NOAA updates. (McGraw Hill)Michael Carr...
And don't forget about tide times, either. Check tide charts to determine exactly when and where your beach ceremony should take place to avoid an unexpected flood at high tide. Use the local coast guard or a reliable website, like theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), whi...
Water vapor is more difficult to measure than the other greenhouse gases and scientists are uncertain as to the exact part that it plays in global warming. Scientists believe there is a correlation between the increase of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and the increase of water vapor. The NO...
According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) definition, tide charts are more detailed. The charts show not only the times and heights of the highest and lowest tides, but also the water levels throughout an area at a particular time. Lots More ...
NOAA/Wikimedia Commons Sea sponges don't look like animals at first glance. They are immobile, attaching themselves to undersea surfaces, giving them a certain plant-like look. There are over 8,000 different species of sponge, but one in particular has fascinated scientists with its astounding ...
Bringing time into the analysis adds yet another dimension to all the relationships discussed so far. Exercise: Write sample questions illustrating different types of analyses that require understanding the intersection of space and time. Map courtesy of NOAA. Sample: When and where will the whale ...
Ozark topped the charts by reaching 120 degrees. Also known as the "1936 North American Heat Wave," it exacerbated the levels of human suffering during the ongoing Great Depression. Little Rock in Arkansas had to endure its hottest summer in 2010 between June and August when the temperature we...
There's a saying for these, according to NOAA: "Cut-off low, weatherman's woe." (FOX Weather) Cut-offs are persistent low-pressure areas that have become isolated or 'cut-off' from the primary airflow. Why does that bring the "woe" to meteorologists? "The 'woe' comes for their ...
Vector Data: Clip shape objects to polygon You can now use the geoclip and mapclip functions to clip shape objects to a polygon shape. Raster Import: Read data from compressed GRIB files You can now use the readgeoraster and georasterinfo functions to read data from GRIB files that use ...