Essays on Cold Air

The air near the surface will usually become warmer throughout the day. This is one of the main reasons why it is unstable. Then at night, the air that is close to the surface will begin to cool. This is going to form a temperature inversion or a stable atmosphere.2. Inversions aloft are sometimes called “capping inversions” or “lids”. Why?

This is because it is like putting a lid on the atmosphere.

3. You are flying at 4,000 feet AGL over a city during the day. There are no clouds present. As you descend to land at a nearby airport, you notice that, although visibility was very good at 4, ...

Sound, Waves and Electricity

Question 1 A. As a sound wave through a uniform medium, the wave will experience a gradual reduction in its 1. Power As a sound wave travels through a uniform medium, the amount of energy transmitted into the medium gradually diminishes. This energy which is also the power of the sound wave too diminishes gradually because amplitude in a sound wave is a maximum which diminishes gradually. The speed and frequency of a sound wave travelling through a uniform medium remains constant as the speed and frequency of sound waves are determined by the properties of the medium and ...

Storm heading towards Alaska is “Sandy” of 2012, bringing cold to Canada. The headline that flashed on November 7, 2014 in Global News portrays a worrisome image of entire Canada. During, the period of October 1, 2014 to November 15, 2014 Canada encountered drastic weather changes resulting from an amalgamation of number of weather phenomena. Playing the role of protagonist, Nuri and Gonazalo were the primary cause of a number of weather changes in Canada. Interestingly, Nuri having its origin from North Pacific Ocean struck the American continent from eastern end. Even, more interesting fact being that both of them were ...

Biography: John Standard

There are a huge number of personalities who contributed a lot to humanity through their achievements. Unfortunately, many of them lost their names in the course of history. Some became prey to time, while others to prejudice. History is proof to the racial oppression meted to African Americans and so many prominent and key individuals lost their identity to racial bias and inadequate records. One such personality is the African-American inventor John Standard. He is known to have patented an improvement in the design of refrigerator and a gas stove design. This article is a biographical collection of all that is known about ...

First of all, it is important to note that the winds emanate from storms. Bearing this is in mind, it is worthwhile to understand what is a storm is. The earth which we live in is covered by air. Air like any other forms of matter has weight and at the same time occupies space, which means that it has volume. The air covering the earth is not static, but keeps on moving based on environmental factors such as temperatures, earth’s rotation, and the revolution of the earth’s orbit around the sun which creates the various seasons that ...