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What geographical features facilitate amber fossilization?
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There seems to be a few places in the world where amber (fossilized tree resin) can be found in large quantities:
Amber can be found in many places around the world including Northern Myanmar (Burma), Mexico and the…
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Most corrosive seawater areas in world
I am looking for any studies or maps detailing the average salinity and temperature for areas of the Earth's oceans. As an extra if anyone has data or maps on areas with large amounts of in-trained silts or aggressive sea life (muscles/barnacles)…
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How do the pros measure humidity?
I have used a wet/dry bulb setup to estimate humidity, and it appears that the Argentinian meteorological service uses one in Antarctica as well.
Wikipedia sez:
Humidity measurement is among the more difficult problems in basic metrology. According…
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Predict wind speed in a forest based on speed over and under canopy?
I am trying to understand the calculation of the wind speeds at forest edge. I am pretty new in wind simulation and profiles in general, so I am sorry if asking simple questions.
I have found that it is possible to calculate the wind speed as log…
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Why is the mass of atmosphere of Venus so much greater than that of the Earth?
Earth and Venus have a very similar gravity, but the mass of atmosphere on Venus is much greater (according to this wikipedia article 93 times larger). I know that the chemical composition and temperature are different, but there is just a lot more…
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To what extent do the levels of UVA, UVB and UVC radiations on the earth surface increase during solar flares?
To what extent do the levels of UVA, UVB and UVC radiations on the earth surface increase during solar flares?
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Are Argo probe data used for numerical weather prediction (NWP)?
Argo probes broadcast surface measurements (among other things) on the worlds oceans, far away from traditional surface observations. Yin et al. (2010) study the assimilation of these measurements in an ocean model, but according to an unsourced…
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Gaps in locations of volcanos (Peru & Chile)
The figure below is taken from Reath, K. et al. (2019)
A couple of things can be seen from this representation
Volcanism seems to be strongly correlated with subduction zones, in this case the Nazca plate and South America plates.
There is a…
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High albedo vs low albedo
Albedo is a measure of the amount of light reflected back by an object that is incident on it.
So, high albedo means that a greater portion of light falling on something is reflected back. This also means a that greater amount of light goes back…
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How do I start with Modular Ocean Model version 6 i.e. MOM6 on my ubuntu linux machine?
I am learning ocean modelling and have started with MOM6. I needed guidance on where to start from and how to run the model on my local machine (Ubuntu) to perform various tasks such as regridding or creating initial conditions or maybe small runs…
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Where to get temperature sounding model forecast data?
I want to know the current lapse rate for a given point in the US. In other words, I want "live" temperature data at various altitudes. Live is flexible -- I'm generally OK with a forecast which is valid for the current point in time. Where can I…
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Is there any link between the weekly human cycle and weather?
I am interested in the linkage between the cyclical timing of human activity, and whether that has a direct affect on weather. Most obvious to me is the weekly cycle, which is observed by most of the world.
For example, humans generally produce…
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How does a subduction zone form mountains?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate are the resulting mountains a result of the melting and then rising of the oceanic plate or are the mountains formed by the continental plate being pushed up by the collision with the oceanic…
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What factors determine the height of the turbopause?
The turbopause separates (by definition) the homosphere from the heterosphere. What factors cause the turbopause to be where it is? Is it affected by mesopheric composition, solar irradiance, global atmospheric change, and other factors that may…
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Can a braided stream create thick relatively continuous siltstone beds?
I am attempting to interpret an outcrop I went to. I suggested it was created by a braided stream. The one thing I cannot explain are prominent alternating siltstone and sandstone beds. There are smaller lenses of silstone that I suggest are…
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