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... press on the rocks thatare stuck If the pressure becomes strong enough, the rocks break The plates shift quickly An earthquake is the sudden movement that makes Earths crust shake The focus is ... moves slowly, big pebbles in the water sink first Then smaller bits, such as sand, sink Finally the smallest pieces of soil, called silt, fall tothe bottom Rivers deposit material where they ... them into steps, called terraces Rain forms puddles on the steps instead of washing soil downhill Crops can then soak up more water Erosion can be a problem along the seashore as well Waves that...
... presents an extensive synthesis ofthe drift history ofthe lithospheric plates showing how these movements have, several times during the geological history ofthe Earth, led to amalgamation of ... tectonic model, thesurfaceoftheEarth consists of rigid plates where the uppermost layer is composed of oceanic crust, continental crust or a combination of both The lower part consists ofthe ... planet to further out in the Solar System, Risto Pellinen discusses physical conditions on Mars The latest measurements conducted by Mars rovers show that there indeed is water ice on thesurface of...
... cluster, was used for the MD simulations and analysis ofthe trajectories Using the gromacs utilities, the ED analysis was carried out in to separate the motions ofthe examined protein models ... the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe DK9 variant, the higher thesurface exposure and flexibility of their side-chains tothe solvent the smaller the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe enzyme The smaller gain ... respectively The vertical bars arethe standard errors ofthe measurements 162 compared with those ofthe WT form In other words, in the mutant thrombin the binding of sodium is not intrinsically...
... processes in the solar corona are essential elements of space storms Of particular importance to space storms arethe solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which will be discussed in ... book the term “space storm” is not limited to storms in the magnetosphere but includes stormy weather on the Sun, in the solar wind, and in theEarths magnetosphere and ionosphere Space storms ... other planets form an interesting and intriguing complex of physics issues, the discussion of which, however, is beyond the scope ofthe present treatise 1.1 Source of Space Storms: the Sun Space...
... sample-return missions that collected 321 g of soil samples The USA shared Apollo samples with Russian scientists and they shared their Luna samples withthe USA, tothe great advantage ofall Every sampling ... Carson 's Silent Spring (1962) is seen as a milestone - along with Harry Hess 's 'History ofocean basins' (Hess 1962) The authors' 'annals' of twentieth century earth science thus refer to issues traditionally ... in the Descartes region ofthe highlands was chosen because the mountains there are so precipitous and the intermontane plains are so smooth that astrogeologists concluded the peaks must consist...
... Safety ofthe Russian Academy of Science For about twenty years has been working in the Department for Atmospheric Physics ofthe Research Institute for Physics of St Petersburg State University She ... atmosphere are shown in detail The authors have described both the instruments were used, as well as the special features ofthe measurements Observational error analysis withthe ways to minimizing the ... method is chosen in the clear sky cases and the analytical method ofthe asymptotic formulas ofthe theory of radiation transfer is used for the overcast sky cases Special attention is paid to the...
... Nimbus stratus (Ns); the stratiform clouds ofthe medium level are Alto-stratus (As), Alto-cumulus (Ac); the high stratiform clouds are Cirrus-stratus (Cs); and also the Frontal cloud systems are ... considered theoretical methodologies tothe real cloudiness Remember the classification ofthe stratiform clouds: the stratiform clouds ofthe lower level are Stratus (St), Stratus-cumulus (Sc), ... brightness ofthe luminous object Actually, it is well known thatthe viewing brightness of stars decreases withthe increasing of distance It is evident that as the star is further, then the solid...
... (1.52)–(1.55) also during the consideration ofthe radiance The case of simulating the photon trajectories with weights w corresponds tothe coordinated transformation of operators K and Ψ taking into account ... Uncertainties and Applicability Ranges ofthe Asymptotic Formulas The asymptotic formulas ofthe transfer theory presented in this chapter are obtained rigorously It is necessary to take into consideration ... similar tothe internal ones (the spectra ofthe incandescent bulb installed outside ofthe instrument) were registered to correct for a factor ofthe transparency variations ofthe opal glass...
... possibility of using it as a starting one For this spectrum, the number ofthe spectra ofthe same class is determined together withthe average distance tothe spectra of this class expressed ... distance tothe starting spectrum ofthe class is used The spectrum will be attributed tothe class if the distance is less then 3, i e according tothe known statistical rule the allowed deviation ... profiles ofthe SBC Such observations were also conducted but their amount in the total quantity ofthe spectra was not large thus, the authors have confined themselves tothe analysis ofthe SBC,...
... clear or cloudy atmosphere The results ofthe airborne observations are seen to allow fixing ofthe effect ofthe strong shortwave anomalous absorption (fs > 1) in a set of cases In other cases there ... thesis are given: The excessive absorption of SWR is defined just by the optical properties of cloudiness and is not caused by the observational or processing uncertainties as some investigators ... and the demand tothe closeness of corresponding values yi and yi is weaker The other important case of using ˜ the weights is passing tothe relative value ofthe discrepancy, i e summarizing of...
... thus the observations cause the decreasing ofthe a priori SD ofthe parameters, which has a clear physical meaning: the observations cause precision ofthe a priori known values ofthe desired ... ofthe calculation results with a subject to reflection anisotropy and without it has been accomplished for the cases ofthe water and sand surfaces, while the snow surfacehas been assumed as ... matrices is needless Usually the comparison ofthe diagonal elements (dispersions) orofthe sums of these elements (the invariant under the coordinates conversion (Ilyin and Pozdnyak 1978)) is enough...
... for statistical analysis ofthe results and for presenting them as models Nevertheless, it is possible to limit our consideration withthe most typical results because they arethe robust (statistically ... the aerosols was Results ofthe Retrieval of Parameters ofthe Atmosphere and theSurface 193 used there The aerosols microphysical parameters were specified and the total set ofthe desired optical ... used as well These observations were accomplished by the team ofthe Laboratory for Aerosols Physics ofthe Atmospheric Physics Department ofthe Physical Institute ofthe Leningrad University...
... Cloudiness The cloudy system consisting ofthe separate cloud layers has been discussed in Sect 2.3, and the model of multilayer cloudiness together withthe set ofthe formulas solving the direct ... experiment for the bottom sublayer the negative values of s2 have been obtained because the absorption was strong and the optical thickness was too small Thus, the asymptotic formulas are off the applicability ... F↑ F↓ The expression in the numerator ofthe first formula is the difference of squares ofthe net fluxes at the top and bottom ofthe cloud layer in units ofthe solar incident flux at the top,...
... edges ofthe image, especially for the single pixels withthe strong absorption However, the other parts consist of several pixels withthe higher absorption and could correspond tothe industrial ... details ofthe accomplishment of radiation observations, as we hope, could be useful for specialists The sources of observational and processing errors have been analyzed, and the possibilities for ... compared tothe photon path within the clear sky, and the number of collisions with air molecules (more rigorous with fluctuations ofthe molecular density) increases as well The radiation absorption...
... Formulas Derivation Derivation of formulas for the determination ofthe cloud optical parameters from the data of observations of solar irradiances at its boundaries The initial formulas for the ... Appendix B: Formulas Derivation Substitute to (B.5) the following expansions over powers of small parameter s for values: 3.6 m = 8s2 + s − 7.5g + + O (s4 ) , 1+g l = − 6q s + 18q s2 + O (s3 ) , (B.6) ... 223, 245 – ofthe system 94 – ofthe system of atmosphere plus surface 33 – plane 58, 208 – single scattering 57, 134, 223 – snow 100 – spectral 33, 200 – spherical 58, 71, 209 – surface 33,...
... sunlight is reflected back to space from their tops The dark areas show where skies are clear The largest ofthe organized cloud masses arethe sprawling storms One such storm shows as an extensive ... and (most ofthe time) invisible, it protects us from the scorching rays ofthe sun and provides uswith a mixture of gases that allows lifeto flourish Because we cannot see, smell, or taste air, ... combines with other Overview oftheEarths Atmosphere FIGURE 1.1 Theearths atmosphere as viewed from space The thin blue area near the horizon shows the shallowness oftheearths atmosphere substances,...
... the north side of a hill usually have a steep pitched roof, as well as a reinforced deck to withstand the added weight of snow from successive winter storms The seasonal change in the sun s position ... winter, the sun rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest During the summer, it rises in the northeast, reaches a much higher position in the sky at noon, and sets in the northwest Clearly, ... millibars (mb).* The total air pressure inside the parcel is due tothe collision ofallthe molecules against the walls ofthe parcel In other words, the total pressure inside the parcel is equal to...
... accumulations A more intense snow shower is called a snow squall These brief but heavy falls of snow are comparable to summer rain showers and, like snow flurries, usually fall from cumuliform clouds A more ... dome- or tower-shaped top as opposed tothe generally flat tops ofthe stratocumulus Cumulus clouds that show only slight vertical growth (cumulus humilis) are associated with fair weather; therefore, ... between them can be made by observing the base ofthe cloud Often, stratus has a more uniform base than does nimbostratus Also, a deck of stratus may be confused with a layer of altostratus However,...
... Mountain/Valley breeze Thunderstorms Chinook wind Tornadoes Santa Ana wind Waterspouts Dust devils Small turbulent eddies Seconds to minutes Minutes to hours Hours to days Days to a week or more LIFE SPAN ... from west to east However, where the flow aloft is meridional, as we will see in Chapter 8, surface storms tend to move more slowly, often intensifying into major storm systems As we can see from ... regions of hundreds to even thousands of square kilometers and, although thelife spans of these features vary, they typically last for days and sometimes weeks The largest wind patterns are seen...