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| Tornado outbreaks as patterned mathematical processes | 11/2/2009 |
Q: Would you care to verify that //sin x cos x-sin^2x =the cardioid You see, this is a ...
A: We can try taking this a piece at a time. 1. I'm not sure what you mean by "solution to the ...
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| Tornado Formation | 11/2/2009 |
Q: Ryan, I know that tornado formation is not thoroughly understood, but for decades, the most popular ...
A: I think it's safe to say tornadoes generally get their rotation from the parent mesocyclone; even if ...
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| Tornado outbreaks as patterned mathematical processes | 11/2/2009 |
Q: Would you care to verify that //sin x cos x-sin^2x =the cardioid You see, this is a ...
A: Well, first off tornado outbreaks are not random events at all. They are caused by a number of ...
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| Tornado Formation | 10/30/2009 |
Q: Ryan, I know that tornado formation is not thoroughly understood, but for decades, the most ...
A: First off, the tilting of ambient vorticity is actually the origin for mid-level rotation in ...
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| Fire Rainbow | 10/28/2009 |
Q: Hey Ryan, so yesterday I looked up in the sky and to my surprise I saw what looked to be a fire ...
A: Yes, this is almost certainly the same type of phenomenon that has been called a "fire rainbow." ...
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| Hadley Cells | 10/26/2009 |
Q: The Hadley cells consist of air that rises near the equator, flows poleward 10-15 kilometers above ...
A: Ah, in this case I'd recommend Geoffrey K. Vallis's _Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics_, if you ...
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| Hadley Cells | 10/25/2009 |
Q: The Hadley cells consist of air that rises near the equator, flows poleward 10-15 kilometers above ...
A: That's a great question. I have to admit, it's a little outside my specialization--it's more of a ...
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| equatorial | 10/19/2009 |
Q: I have been looking through the interner trying to find synoptic charts for areas Indoneasia (0 ...
A: The answer is "Yes, sort of." The answer is that there's a global circulation driven by the sun, ...
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| lightning | 10/15/2009 |
Q: What I saw was not a sting of beads, but a 'ball' of interlocking filaments about 50cm in diameter ...
A: We don't even really understand how clouds become electrified in the first place, except that it ...
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| science research project | 10/15/2009 |
Q: Hastings, Hello.I am a 6th grade student in a magnet school who is in need of some help on a science ...
A: I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can, although I don't really know that much about how ...
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| High fronts and Low fronts | 10/12/2009 |
Q: Regarding the circulatory movement of air around fronts; it seems i remember that high fronts ...
A: I think you might be slightly confused about terminology. "Fronts" are used to refer to areas where ...
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| lightning | 10/11/2009 |
Q: When I was about 10 years old, I was outside my home on a misty Spring day, near a line of parked ...
A: If it looks like this: http://wvlightning.com/types/bead1.jpg then it might have been bead ...
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| wedding weather | 10/5/2009 |
Q: my wedding date is july 17th 2010 in littlerock arkansas will the weather hold out, thanks andrew
A: Sorry, but there is no way for anyone in October of 2009 to know what the weather will be like on a ...
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| science | 9/21/2009 |
Q: 20 years ago carbon dixocide gas in the air was 0.03%.Why is it now 0.038%?What effect do scientists ...
A: Many sources of carbon dioxide exist on the Earth's surface, including all of the gases resulting ...
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| Where should I move to? | 9/12/2009 |
Q: I'm looking for a part of the United States of America which best fits all of the following: 1. ...
A: That depends on which factors are more important to you. For cold, you definitely want to move ...
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| north atlantic weather | 9/5/2009 |
Q: Hope you can help me! I'm working on a story that takes place aboard a sailing vessel in the 18th ...
A: Hey there. First off, sorry it took me so long to respond. I had some trouble logging in. I don't ...
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| Upper level air pressure map | 8/29/2009 |
Q: Hastings, Why anticyclones in upper level map is also co-located by anticyclones in surface level ...
A: High pressure aloft is not necessarily associated with warm air. In fact, all other things being ...
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