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storm
storm disturbance of the ordinary conditions of the atmosphere attended by wind, rain, snow, sleet, hail, or thunder and lightning. Types of storms include the extratropical cyclone , the common, large-scale storm of temperate latitudes; the tropical cyclone, or hurricane , which is somewhat... Read more |
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Tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclone Tropical cyclones are large circulating storm systems consisting of multiple bands of intense showers and thunderstorms and extremely high winds. These storm systems develop over warm ocean waters in the tropical regions that lie within about 25° latitude of the equator.... Read more |
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meteor shower
meteor shower increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant. A shower is named for the constellation in which its radiant... Read more |
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atmospheric dust
atmospheric dust minute particles slowly settling or suspended by slight currents and existing in varying amounts in all air. There is least dust at high levels over the ocean and most at low levels over cities; dust from smoke is a serious urban problem (see air pollution ). Sources of... Read more |
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fall of meteors
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Ushant
Ushant , Fr. Ouessant, island, 10 sq mi (25.9 sq km), Finistère dept., off Brittany, in the Atlantic, c.10 mi (16 km) from the mainland. A hazard to navigation and subject to intense fall and winter storms, Ushant has several lighthouses and marks the southwestern entrance to the English... Read more |
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Freiherr von Alexander Humboldt
Alexander Humboldt, Freiherr von , 1769-1859, German naturalist and explorer. His full name is Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt. Educated at Göttingen, he studied at Hamburg, Freiberg, and Jena and made several scientific excursions in Europe. In 1792 he was appointed assessor... Read more |
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Fort Pillow
Fort Pillow fortification on the Mississippi River, N of Memphis, Tenn.; built by Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow in 1862. Evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Island No. 10 to the north, the fort was occupied by Union troops on June 6, 1862. Confederate Gen. Nathan Forrest stormed and... Read more |
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Storm Surge
Storm surge A storm surge is a rise in water level caused by a combination of wind and low atmospheric pressure. It is the most destructive force of a hurricane (an intense cyclone that forms over warm tropical oceans; called a typhoon when it occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and adjacent... Read more |
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Iota Aquarid meteors
Iota Aquarid meteors A comparatively weak meteor shower, with ill-defined...most prominent maximum falls on August6, when the...and fairly swift. The meteor stream, like many others...them not as a separate shower but as part ... |
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Perseid meteors
Perseid meteors A meteor shower, one of the three most active of the...and August24. Peak activity normally falls on August12, when the radiant lies...ZHRs ranging from 80 to 140. Perseid meteors are fast (geocentric velocity 60 km... |
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fireball
fireball A meteor whose apparent magnitude exceeds...perhaps fewer than one per thousand meteors. During major annual meteor showers such as the Perseids or Geminids...which may result in meteorite falls. A fragmenting fireball with... |
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meteorite
...kg burn up to produce meteors. Bodies with masses...incoming bodies which fall as meteorites is about...the l'Aigle meteorite shower in 1803. A meteorite fall is preceded by a brilliant...ground is known as a fall, whereas one ... |
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Meteor Shower Sets Off Scientific Storm.(meteors threatening satellites)
...spectacular meteor storm--comet 55P...called the Leonid meteor showers, were recorded...operators if the shower turns into a storm...the persistent meteor trains, and the...objects seen as ... |
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Bracing for a Cosmic Dust Storm; Leonid Meteor Shower Could Throw Satellites...
...functions. Prepare for meteor storm -- the most intense...years. In a two-day meteor storm that peaks this...mankind seems safe, the meteors could be dangerous...Leo, for which this meteor storm is named. ... |
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Here come the Leonids.(Leonid meteor shower could be visible on November 17,...
...skywatchers. That annual fall light show, the Leonid meteor shower, returns the night...quite a spectacle. The shower takes place every November...Observers then see a heavy shower or even a storm, when more than 1,000 ... |
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Meteor shower to fall on Britain.
AN April shower of meteors - the oldest on...away from the city glare the meteors should be easy to see against...outbursts, when as many as 100 meteors per hour can be seen. The...in the sky from which the meteors appear to radiate, is ... |
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Meteor shower to fall on Britain
AN April shower of meteors - the oldest on...away from the city glare the meteors should be easy to see against...outbursts, when as many as 100 meteors per hour can be seen. The...in the sky from which the meteors appear to radiate, is ... |
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Meteor shower more than sprinkle on 2nd day.(NEWS)
...watch the meteor shower, which filled skies...Spain with 1,800 meteors per hour and had...Israel counting 70 meteors per minute for a...hour - made it a meteor storm, not a shower...that causes the ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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WITH LUCK, METEOR SHOW WILL BECOME STORM
...called meteor showers many more...a Perseid shower. The name...blown meteor storm. Just before...1833, Leonid meteors lighted up...In Niagara Falls they were...That was a meteor ... |
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Meteor shower may turn out to be better show than usual.
...weather this fall, stick around...of light, or meteors. This much...as the Leonid meteor shower. But...expecting the shower, this year...Ideally, the meteor show could develop...full-fledged storm, with ... |
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BOULDER TEAM TO VIEW METEOR STORM FROM AIR SCIENTISTS EN ROUTE TO GET...
...rare and large meteor shower. Researchers from the...month at the Leonids meteor shower. The 19-member...expected two-hour meteor storm, said Bruce Morley...manager. The Leonids meteor storm ... |
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Raining Fire!(Leonids meteor shower)
...you be when the stars fall? This November offers...the most spectacular meteor shower of all -- the Leonids...for a spectacular "storm." The October 1999 "Cosmic Showers" issue is filled with...takes us back to the storm of ... |
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