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Are ocean waves diminished, enhanced or unaffected by underwater obstacles

Suppose you have a wave heading towards the beach, and under the water the surface rises suddenly then drops again back to the typical average slope of the coastline, does...

Asked on 06/07/2021

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How to find the top level of the planetary boundary layer in WRF?

I am working on WRF_Chem, I would like to calculate the concentration of CO2 just in the Planetary boundary layer(I mean, I want to calculate CO2 from surface to top...

Asked on 06/06/2021

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Is Mount Everest currently becoming taller or shorter every year?

Is Mount Everest becoming taller or shorter every year? By how much? I would like an explanation in terms of tectonic plate movement if possible. ...

Asked on 06/03/2021 by Poomrokc The 3years

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Variation of the atmospheric pressure

By Hydrostatical Law, $p_a = rho gh$, at a given $h$. However density varies with altitude and with temperature. Temperature varies by altitude. $g$ constant varies with...

Asked on 06/02/2021 by Ion Raducanu

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Recursion relations of Associated Legendre Polynomials with Schmidt Semi-normalization

Can someone please provides me with the recursion relations of Associated Legendre Polynomials when using Schmidt quasi-normalization? I need that in the context of Geomagnetism to obtain the Spherical Harmonics...

Asked on 05/30/2021 by Ayoub

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How exactly is the "global average temperature" calculated and how reasonable is this method?

During the recent (2015) Paris climate negotiations there was a lot of talk in the media about "limiting the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius".I keep wondering about...

Asked on 05/29/2021 by Shoebox

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Why is Earth's density gradient a step-function, rather than smooth?

Why is the density of particles in Earth's atmosphere above surface-level so much less than ground and below? Why, instead, isn't Earth simply a ball of swirling gasses / liquids,...

Asked on 05/29/2021 by Nikhil Kumar

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In cities, is the pollution level higher on higher floors?

Is there a difference between the pollution levels at higher vs lower floors in a high rise building?...

Asked on 05/29/2021 by Nav Saini

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What does the term "topology" mean in geology?

What does the term "topology" mean in geological sciences? Is there an agreed upon distinction between the two terms "topography" and "topology"? When trying to answer this question, I came...

Asked on 05/27/2021 by user2552936

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Why is the mean meridional mass stream function multiplied by g/2π?

I was reading this material on the mean atmospheric meridional circulation and the definition of the meridional mass streamfunction: http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/faculty/Cook/Hadley_book.pdf (Pag 3 and 4). The continuity equation...

Asked on 05/25/2021

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