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How is Doppler radar used in rain prediction?
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Where on Earth has the least changing temperature? [closed]
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formula to convert precipitation in mm/h to runoff in m³/s
Awarded Jul 21 at 7:42
What is an “exquisitely rare pollen corona”? How can pollen produce several tight rainbow circles around the Sun, and why pollen specifically?
Awarded Jul 20 at 15:48
Ways to make a “How hard is it raining?” detector for personal use?
Awarded Jul 19 at 7:06
What is the basis for the Geologic Time Scale
Awarded Jul 18 at 23:56
Is there a name for these “pouring” clouds?
Awarded Jul 18 at 16:57
What significant factors influencing geological change are still occurring?
Awarded Jul 15 at 22:42
Do solar panels reduce the amount of suns rays reflected back into the atmosphere ? Therefore reducing global warming
Awarded Jul 12 at 19:47
Do lead 206 and other daughter isotopes occur naturally?
Awarded Jul 8 at 15:04
Can I see curvature of the Earth on a picture
Awarded Jul 7 at 3:07
How often does the moon “set” for us compared to the sun?
Awarded Jul 5 at 21:21
Are there some places near the equator that are hottest in their winter and some that are hottest in their summer? Is there a map of this?
Awarded Jul 5 at 10:37
Could pumping ocean water into desert areas help reduce sea level rise?
Awarded Jul 4 at 15:41
I just read news that Antarctica had set a new record high temperature, above 18 °C. How can this be the case if it is currently winter there?
Awarded Jul 3 at 10:49
Heat at High Altitudes
Awarded Jun 28 at 23:10
Why it feels hotter at Night?
Awarded Jun 26 at 1:06
Why is it said that Amazon creates 20% of the oxygen production of the world, when it accounts with less than 14-12.8% of the forest area?
Awarded Jun 21 at 6:05
If we burn all carbon in the Earth's crust, by how much would the atmospheric concentration of $CO_2$ increase?
Awarded Jun 18 at 18:51
What is the Moon's distance from viewer at horizon?
Awarded Jun 16 at 3:52
How long does it take for the atmosphere to mix?
Awarded Jun 15 at 13:05
Will the oceans swallow all of the land?
Awarded Jun 13 at 1:36
where are the thickest limestone layers on earth ? (CaCO3)
Awarded Jun 12 at 15:56
How do we apply the Stefan-Boltzmann equation to radiative heat transfer from/to CO2 in the atmosphere?
Awarded Jun 12 at 12:20
While desalinating ocean water, would it be bad if we didn't pump the brine back into the ocean?
Awarded Jun 11 at 16:05
Does Climate Data Store provide daily mean of ERA 5 reanalysis data?
Awarded Jun 10 at 7:25
Why is the north considered as up, and south as down?
Awarded Jun 10 at 4:10
Why is it colder in the mountains than at sea level?
Awarded Jun 7 at 4:50
Is there a difference between Density and Specific Gravity?
Awarded May 30 at 21:36
What is a good definition of the word “rock” for teaching?
Awarded May 25 at 20:02
Why are cobalt deposits so unevenly distributed?
Awarded May 17 at 13:25
Where are the oldest igneous rocks found?
Awarded May 13 at 23:47
Why are mornings cooler than nights?
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Why is Montana warmer than Wyoming?
Awarded May 9 at 0:46
How can a starting point south of the north pole to an endpoint north of the south pole be halfway around the world?
Awarded May 7 at 11:55
Do rising CO2 levels change the appearance of the sky in infrared?
Awarded May 4 at 16:53
Does WRF simulation use sigma or eta vertical coordinate system?
Awarded Apr 28 at 0:21
What would happen to the Earth if there were no seasons?
Awarded Apr 27 at 4:51
With all the rain Seattle gets, why is widespread flooding relatively rare?
Awarded Apr 23 at 15:32
What equation should I use in this isostasy problem?
Awarded Apr 21 at 5:41
How is carbon distributed among the atmosphere, the oceans, the biomass and the unburnt fossil fuels?
Awarded Apr 21 at 0:52
Discrete Slant Stack on seismic data
Awarded Apr 20 at 14:49
How to calculate the solar radiation at any place, any time
Awarded Apr 17 at 13:50
Are you more likely to get a sunburn at the pole than the equator?
Awarded Apr 16 at 13:43
How to plot lat-lon-rainfall in MATLAB?
Awarded Apr 16 at 9:39
Interpolate Gaussian grids to regular fixed grids using bilinear interpolation?
Awarded Apr 16 at 9:39
Why is WRF-Chem not reading my emissions data?
Awarded Apr 15 at 23:49
What is the best way to accurately measure wavelength between crests on a pier?
Awarded Apr 14 at 20:59
What are these underwater structures near 6°N 85°55'W
Awarded Apr 13 at 16:30
Why don't green house gases escape into space?
Awarded Apr 13 at 14:03
Why do tropical cyclones not tear themselves apart?
Awarded Apr 13 at 3:46
Why does the meandering pattern of the jet stream itself propagate?
Awarded Apr 5 at 12:56
How is global greenhouse gas emission calculated?
Awarded Mar 30 at 6:10
Can Some not all mountains actually be Giant petrified Tree Stumps? [closed]
Awarded Mar 28 at 13:25
How quickly do landslides occur? [closed]
Awarded Mar 24 at 0:21
How to find/calculate the yearly evaporation of a given area?
Awarded Mar 23 at 3:42
How can daily brightness be quantified or measured?
Awarded Mar 15 at 5:01
Why is phase rotation needed to produce the colored inversion operator?
Awarded Mar 12 at 0:36
How can I get historical weather data for the United States?
Awarded Mar 8 at 8:34
Why are there different vertical gradients of temperature in different layers of the atmosphere?
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