Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha , group of 21 islands, c.10 sq mi (26 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.225 mi (360 km) off the northeast coast of Brazil. A federal territory of Brazil from 1942 to 1988, when it was reannexed to the state of Pernambuco, it is administered as a state district and is the site of a national maritime park. The islands have been the site of a military base and a penal colony. The main resource of the islands is the guano deposits (c.1 million tons); there are salt deposits as well. Tourism has also been developed. The islands, discovered in 1503, were the first hereditary captaincy granted in Brazil by the Portuguese crown. A U.S. missile-tracking base was there from 1957 to 1962.
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ARCTIC AIR MASSES BORN IN CANADA AND ALASKA MIGRATE OUR WAY
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/3/1996; ; 434 words
; ...across Wisconsin, arctic air masses will be getting stronger...Alaska. These bitter cold masses of air are a common occurrence...Given a big enough mass of air and the proper...January. Because cold air is very dense, these...surface with the arctic air mass, ...
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Cold air masses often accompanied by windy conditions
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/21/1997; ; 433 words
; ...to be lots of wind when cold air is moving into the area? The...earth's surface. As cold air masses spread into Wisconsin from...followed by bitter cold air masses. If we go to northern Canada where our cold air masses form, it is common to see...center of a Siberian arctic ...
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Contrasting air masses can trigger big spring storms
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/10/2002; ; 445 words
; Storm Team 4 Contrasting air masses can trigger big spring storms By PAUL...This temperature difference results in air with different densities, a measure...molecules are in a specific volume of air. When air masses of different densities...
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Wisconsin is where air masses fight it out
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/4/1998; ; 409 words
; ...weather can be a battleground of air masses. Studies have shown that without...Hemisphere, we see changes in air masses more so than elsewhere. Besides...temperature ups and downs, air mass changes are associated with...and snow often form where air masses meet. Surface ...
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Forecast center.(polar air masses)
Magazine article from: Weatherwise; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the frequent incursions of polar air masses into the United States are often...convergent flow increases the air mass contrasts by bringing them into tighter...Texas. A dryline demarcates the two air masses. To forecasters, it represents...
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AIR MASSES CLASH; SUNNY SNOWFALL RESULTS.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/5/2002; 599 words
; ...swing through that brought much colder air into the region, and that's why...Weather Service in Wakefield. The cool air mass caused instability in weather conditions when it combined with a warm air mass contained mainly in the lower...
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CLASHING AIR MASSES CAUSED ICE.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...of an unfortunate clash between warm and cold air masses, meteorologists said. When the two air masses collided Friday over a 13-county region...a zone over Upstate New York where the warmer air was coming up from the south, and colder air...
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Clash of air masses got June off to stormy start here
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/2/2000; ; 440 words
; ...Team Milwaukee Forecast Clash of air masses got June off to stormy start here...was all because of a clash of air masses as an area of low pressure moved...storm. The good news is the new air mass that is pushing across Wisconsin...
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Tornado Disaster: Clash of air masses in Tornado Alley
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/5/1999; ; 700 words
; ...Tornado Alley" - where cold dry air from the Rocky Mountains meets warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Where these two giant air masses meet, the warm air rapidly rises and its moisture condenses to form severe thunderstorms. In about...
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AIR MASSES TO BATTLE FOR WINTER'S LEGACY
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 2/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The timing of a new dose of Arctic air early next week is also problematic...southern edge of a persistent Arctic air mass that has caused temperatures to average...weaker reinforcements of the Arctic air, so temperatures overall are likely...
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Air Masses and Fronts
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Air masses and fronts An air mass is an extensive body of...significant altitude. Air masses typically cover areas...favor the development of air masses. The two most important...would break up the air mass. The absence of consistent...
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air mass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
air mass large body of air within...any one height. Air masses form over parts of the...area. When a body of air remains over a source...between the surface and the air determines the air mass...the tropics. As an air mass moves away from its ...
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air pressure
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
air pressure The atmosphere is made up of a mechanical mixture of gases, which all have mass. Thus a column of air has a weight. If this weight is measured...as a barometer. The unit for measuring air pressure in atmospheric science is typically...
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vertical air motion
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...of the air itself. A warm, moist air mass will cool very slowly after condensation...condensation will be large. A cool, dry air mass, if lifted to condensation level...The stability or instability of an air mass depends on whether the isolated rising...
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Ambient Air Quality (Air Pollution)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...attributable to their presence in the air infiltrating from out of doors...dioxide (NO 2 ), fine particle mass (FPM), and formaldehyde...than those in ambient outdoor air. For pollutants having National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS...
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