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From: moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: MN Climatology Working Group
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:42:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Meteorology and Space Science

I have a friend (w/o Usenet access) who's looking for information on 
the Minnesota Climatology Working Group.  He saw an article in "The
Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog" by Ed Krul.  He lists an
entry for the group (on page 329) and says that access is available
by a gopher in the Univ. of MN soils department.  Does anyone out 
there know how to access that gopher server?  Thanks.

Chris

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From: bath@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Kenneth Bath)
Subject: ********
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:40:39 GMT
Reply-To: bath@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Kenneth Bath)
Organization: Harris GISD

Is it acceptable to use pressure reduced to sea level to compute
mixing ratio at the surface?  At what altitude would this become
a bad approximation for synoptic use?

Ken Bath
Harris Corp.
bath@dw3f.harris.com
From: aq637@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Lopez)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Atmos. dispursion
Date: 8 Jan 1993 07:55:53 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aq637@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Lopez)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hi, I am looking for a simulator program for UNIX, VAX, or such, that
will simulate pollutants dispursing throughout a region.
The program sould allow elevation, wind currents, and other variable
adjustments.  I have used such a program before, but I don't remember
exactly the name (axt or something short).

I would appreciate any information.
Thanks.
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From: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,alt.internet.services
Subject: Snow coverage GIFs ?
Date: 12 Jan 93 23:51:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan12.235128.4983
Distribution: na
Organization: Washington State University
Originator: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu

I thought there was a machine that had graphics of snow coverge in North
America, but have lost track of it.  Anyone know of such an archive?
---------------------
Jeff Parke <jeffp@vcs10.vetmed.wsu.edu>
also:   jeffp@WSUVM1.bitnet   AOL: JeffParke
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine class of 1994
Pullman, WA  99164-7012
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From: s234616@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw
Subject: RE: Temperature vs Altitude
Organization: Computer Center, NCU, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:41:54 GMT

In a previous article, dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Michel Dignard) wrote:
>Maybe this not exactly the rigth group for this, but :
> 
>I just saw a diagram of Temperature vs Altitude for Earth.
>I knew that temperature decreases with altitude, but I was
>puzzled to see that as we go to the mesosphere, the thermosphere
>and the exosphere, temperature then increases, then decreases again,
>and then increases to very high figures.
> 
>Here are the figures (visual interpolation and rounding up):
> 
>  stratosphere   20000 m         -50 C
>                 40000             0
>  mesosphere     
>  thermosphere   80000           -80
>                100000          +165
>                150000          +700
>                200000          +900
>                300000          +950
>  exosphere     500000         +1000
> 
> 
>Could someone confirm this pattern and explain it?
> 
>Are the temperatures for the exosphere a measure of the
>solar wind temperature?
> 
Dear Michel

Your data is right. It is very close to the US Standard Atmosphere
Vertical Temperature Profile.
But I think the temperature of the lower level atmosphere is much
interesting or say daily-living related topics. The vertical temper-
ature distribution of lower level is closely related to the severe
weather condition such as thunderstrom etc.
Come back to the topic you mentioned, I think the absurd rising of the
tmeperature in the stratosphere is due to the high concentration of 
Ozone gas at that level. The Ozone gas can greatly absord the high 
frequency radiation and therefore stores energy there.
For the another problem about the " Solar wind temperature ", I can't
sure about this term. I think what you mean is the Solar activity.
The temperature of the exosphere shows certain climatological variability
which is believed to be closely related to the Solar activity period.

* If you want to have more informations, I think you may refer to a
  fundelmental textbook of atmospheric science. Here is one:

---> Atmospheric Science, an introductory survey.
     John M. Wallace & Peter V. Hobbs
     1977 Academic Press.


---------------------------My E-mail : S234616@ncu865.edu.tw --------------
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Insit. of Atm. Phys.
National Central University
TAIWAN 
8 Jan '93
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From: dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Michel Dignard)
Subject: Temperature vs Altitude
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:37:15 GMT

Maybe this not exactly the rigth group for this, but :

I just saw a diagram of Temperature vs Altitude for Earth.
I knew that temperature decreases with altitude, but I was
puzzled to see that as we go to the mesosphere, the thermosphere
and the exosphere, temperature then increases, then decreases again,
and then increases to very high figures.

Here are the figures (visual interpolation and rounding up):

  stratosphere   20000 m         -50 C
                 40000             0
  mesosphere     
  thermosphere   80000           -80
                100000          +165
                150000          +700
                200000          +900
                300000          +950
  exosphere     500000         +1000


Could someone confirm this pattern and explain it?

Are the temperatures for the exosphere a measure of the
solar wind temperature?

--
Michel Dignard                         Dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA
Universite de Montreal
From: map@violet.berkeley.edu (Pollen Lab)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: atmospheric transport of fish
Date: 13 Jan 1993 03:20:17 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu
Summary: no cats or dogs as far as I know
Originator: map@violet.berkeley.edu

No, really, I'm serious.  I just got a phone message from someone in
Dallas, and she told me it's been raining fish.  Not just a few fish,
but enough to get on the local news.  The report says the fish were
brought in by a waterspout; a science teacher at my contact's school
thinks they're sardines.  Note: Dallas is at least 250 miles from the
coast.
	I'd be interested in any references or personal experiences
with this sort of weather.  If people prefer to e-mail me rather than 
posting, I'd be glad to summarize to the net.  Alternatively, if this
turns out to be a prank, I'll let you know.

Eric Edlund
U.C.Berkeley Geography
eric@pollen1.berkeley.edu
From: roussel@cicb.fr ( Franck Roussel)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: *** METEOSAT weather images,SORRY ***
Keywords: meteo,meteosat,weather
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:15:56 GMT
Organization: CICB, Universite' de Rennes I, FR

Hello everybody!

I am interested in METEOSAT weather images. I know there are many
  anonymous FTP sites, such:
    - cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk  in directory /images
    - nic.funet.fi               ''      /pub/sci/meteosat
  where satellite images of World,Atlantic,Europe are displayed.

Does anybody knows about other anonymous FTP sites like those ?

Especially, is there a server at the Meteorological Space Center
  of Lannion (Brittany) ?  I tried the FTP site "lannion.cnet.fr",
  but after typing the command 'ftp lannion.cnet.fr' it answered me:
    'Connected to lannion.cnet.fr'
    '421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection'


Thanks for all answers to my questions
Roussel

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From: jackson@pallas.phobos.sscl.uwo.ca (Peter L. Jackson)
Subject: Re: Lightning Strikes Data Map
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:18:49 GMT


In article <1993Jan5.192257.8416@nynexst.com> gary@xserver.nynexst.com (Gary Matison) writes:

>   Would anyone be able to suggest a source showing likelihood
>   of occurrence of lightning strikes in different regions of
>   the US in a geographical map display? (historical data
>   of hits/year or equivalent) 
>
>   Any leads would be appreciated. Please reply by Email
>   to gary@nynexst.com

Try this:

%A Richard E. Orville
%D 1991
%T Lightning ground flash density in the contiguous United States --- 1989
%J Monthly Weather Review
%V 119
%P 573-577
%K orvi91 lightning distribution us

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From: byab354@chpc.utexas.edu (Jim Xu)
Subject: help, NCAR graphics
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 22:24:16 GMT

Hi, there,

Do you familiar with NCAR graphics? I need help in write the common block
refer to STRMLN. I need to change the internal parameters. Please give me a
example.

Thanks.

Jim
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From: ns@csd.cri.dk (Nick Sandru)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Re: Tornadoes around the world
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:07:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Resources International A/S

marcia@rap.ucar.edu (Marcia Politovich) writes:

>In article <1992Dec18.202619.29890@ncar.ucar.edu> ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec18.170955.17961@serval.net.wsu.edu>, jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke) writes:
>>> A friend from Africa said there were no tornadoes there.  Is North America
>>> the only continent where tornadoes ocurr?  If so, why?
>>
> various comments, which the humor-impaired will likely take seriously..

>>Finally, let us not overlook the importance of trailer parks, which
>>serve as "tornadic magnets."  There are far more trailer parks in the
>>US than anywhere else, and these trailer parks are crucial to the
>>formation of tornadoes, as observational evidence indicates that 
>>tornadoes nearly always occur in their vicinity.
>>
> I have always thought that as a weather modification project,
> for tornado dissipation, they (who??) ought to drop trailers
> out of the back of some large cargo plane, like a C5a. This 
> would immediately attract any tornadoes in the area, give them 
> something to chew on (literally), and voila, the problem is
> solved. 

They must be sent down by parachute, otherwise the tornadoes will ignore
them - except for using their debris as toothpicks.

On a more serious note: I have seen every summer waterspouts near the
place where I live (Hundested, 70 km from Copenhagen) and a few years
ago a tornado demolished two farms at about 25 km from Hundested.
In 1981 I had my tent thrown in a nearby river by a tornado during a trip
to the Retezat mountain range in Romania.

Long Haired Nick

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Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,sdnet.general
From: guycole@netcom.com (Guy Cole)
Subject: Climactic Data for San Diego, CA?
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:39:05 GMT


Dear Netland:
  My wife is doing research on vernal pools in San Diego county.
To support this, she requires climactic information such as temperature,
humidity, rainfall, etc. for San Diego, especially north county.
  There is nothing in the FAQ for sci.geo.meteorology which seems 
to suggest this information is available through the net.  Does 
anybody know how she can acquire this data?
  Thanks for any and all pointers.  You can email this account or
post to the group.
  TIA,
    Guy
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Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: preiser@cancer.unm.edu (Doug Preiser)
Subject: Re: Temperature vs Altitude
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 18:40:51 GMT
Organization: UNM Cancer Center
Reply-To: preiser@cancer.unm.edu

In article <1993Jan4.213715.20998@cc.umontreal.ca>, dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Michel Dignard) writes:
>Maybe this not exactly the rigth group for this, but :
>
>I just saw a diagram of Temperature vs Altitude for Earth.
>I knew that temperature decreases with altitude, but I was
>puzzled to see that as we go to the mesosphere, the thermosphere
>and the exosphere, temperature then increases, then decreases again,
>and then increases to very high figures.
>
>Here are the figures (visual interpolation and rounding up):
>
>  stratosphere   20000 m         -50 C
>                 40000             0
>  mesosphere     
>  thermosphere   80000           -80
>                100000          +165
>                150000          +700
>                200000          +900
>                300000          +950
>  exosphere     500000         +1000
>
>
>Could someone confirm this pattern and explain it?
>
>Are the temperatures for the exosphere a measure of the
>solar wind temperature?
>
>--
>Michel Dignard                         Dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA
>Universite de Montreal  
>
First, remember that temperature is only a measure of average kinetic energy of
whatever kind of particles you have around.  Also, in the upper atmosphere
things are pretty scarce. Even though the particles are pretty energetic, there
aren't enough of them to heat anything up.  You would freeze in the shade, cook
in the sun.

So, why are they so energetic?  Well, there isn't anything up there to absorb
the high-energy radiation from the sun, so it just comes blasting right in and
sends those particles flying.

   Internet: preiser@cancer.unm.edu
   Bitnet:   preiser@unmb
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: banati@lut.fi (Jozsef Banati)
Subject: MeteoSat GIFs only B&W ?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:22:39 GMT
Distribution: sci.geo.meteorology
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Hi,
    This is a beginner's question...
    I downloaded some MeteoSat GIF images and noticed that all of them
are black and white. Do they exist in colour or just my GIF viewer is
wrong (WinGif 1.4) ? Where can I find some colour images ?

Thanks for your time.         --Jozsef--

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From: upfv@pool.sunyit.edu (Paul Vieira)
Subject: Where do I get Precip data???
Keywords: Precipitation
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:41:43 GMT

    I have a question for all of the weatherwise on the net. I live
in Rome N.Y. and I'm interested in getting weather statistics esp.
precipitation from 1955 - present. Normally, I would contact the
NWS, however, the closest center is in Syracuse, 60 miles west.
    Is there a local NWS "affiliate" in Rome who might collect data
for this area? If so, what do I need to do to contact these folks?
Finally, is it possible that the Syracuse office has this information?

Any comments appreciated, thanx in advance.


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From: eapg137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Bryan Joseph Hannegan)
Subject: Inquiry about Meteorology at University of Maryland, College Park
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:07:22 GMT

Just like the subject line says:

Does anybody have any comments/opinions other than the standard informational
fare that was sent previously? My girlfriend is in the vicinity and the thought
of transfering there has entered my consciousness. 

E-mail responses preferred.

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From: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu (JACK)
Subject: Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #75 (January 3 - 10, 1993)
Keywords:  Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Storm, Typhoon, Hurricane
Reply-To: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu
Organization: FSU-Meteorology Department
Distribution:  world
Date: 11 JAN 93 23:35:50    

   This report is compiled from warnings issued by:
      National Hurricane Center
      Central Pacific Hurricane Center
      Naval Western Oceanography Center
      Fiji Meteorological Service
      New Zealand Meteorological Service
      Joint Typhoon Warning Center
      Japanese Meteorological Agency
      Royal Observatory of Hong Kong
      Indian Meteorological Department
      Reunion Meteorological Service
      Mauritius Meteorological Service
      (others may be added as they become available)


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #75: JANUARY 3 - 10, 1993

North Atlantic Basin: No tropical cyclones.

Eastern North Pacific Basin (E of 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

Central North Pacific Basin (180 Deg. W to 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E):

   Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed near 12S 84E on 5 Jan-
uary. This system drifted generally west through its lifetime, and it dis-
sipated near 10S 77E on 8 Jaunary. Maximum winds in this system were 30 kt.

South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E):

   Tropical Cyclone Nina (TC-06P): At the start of the summary period, Nina 
was moving rapidly east with 55 kt winds. Rapid weakening ensued on 4 January
as Nina turned southeast, and the system dissipated later that day near 19S 
169W. In addition to affecting Australia and the Solomon Is., Nina affected 
Samoa during its dissipating phase. However, there are no reports of damage 
or casualties from Samoa.

   Tropical Cyclone Kina (TC-07P): At the start of the summary period, Kina
was moving rapidly southeast with 80 kt winds. Kina continued southeast on
4 January as it weakened to a tropical storm, and the system became extra-
tropical near 24S 166W on 5 January. Latest information indicates that at
least 18 people were killed in the Fiji Islands as Kina passed through. 
Kina also affected the Tonga Island group, but there are no reports of
damage or casualties from that area at this time.

Disclaimer: While an effort has been made to make sure this information is 
accurate as possible, it was drawn from operational warnings that may not
always agree with the best track information published after the storm is
over. Please address any questions or comments by e-mail to Jack Beven at
Internet address:

                    jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu.

Past copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via e-
mail. Please send an e-mail message if you are interested.
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
From: gary@xserver.nynexst.com (Gary Matison)
Subject: Lightning Strikes Data Map
Originator: gary@xserver
Keywords: Lightning,Chart
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 19:22:57 GMT

Would anyone be able to suggest a source showing likelihood
of occurrence of lightning strikes in different regions of
the US in a geographical map display? (historical data
of hits/year or equivalent) 

Any leads would be appreciated. Please reply by Email
to gary@nynexst.com



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From: 471-1@air.atmo.arizona.edu (E. Shane Jimerfield)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Re: Temperature vs Altitude
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:36:12 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson

In article <1993Jan4.213715.20998@cc.umontreal.ca> dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Michel Dignard) writes:
>Maybe this not exactly the rigth group for this, but :
>
>I just saw a diagram of Temperature vs Altitude for Earth.
>I knew that temperature decreases with altitude, but I was
>puzzled to see that as we go to the mesosphere, the thermosphere
>and the exosphere, temperature then increases, then decreases again,
>and then increases to very high figures.
>
>Here are the figures (visual interpolation and rounding up):
>
>  stratosphere   20000 m         -50 C
>                 40000             0
>  mesosphere     
>  thermosphere   80000           -80
>                100000          +165
>                150000          +700
>                200000          +900
>                300000          +950
>  exosphere     500000         +1000
>
>
>Could someone confirm this pattern and explain it?
>
>Are the temperatures for the exosphere a measure of the
>solar wind temperature?
>
>--
>Michel Dignard                         Dignard@ERE.UMontreal.CA
>Universite de Montreal  

Yes, this pattern is correct.
At these high altitudes the molecular collisions are so infrequent that
temperature takes on its physical meaning, rather that what we may
perceive as heat. Remember that temperature is a measure of the average
kinetic energy of the molecules. It has little to with the perception
that we may have of the air. Thus at these altitudes where there are few
molecules to, let's say warm the body, you or I out there exposed to
this extreme temperature would freeze solid.

1/2 mv^2=4/(pi k T)

where m is the molecular mass (kg)
v^2 is the mean square velocity of all the molecules
k is Boltzmann's constant
pi is pi
T is the absolute temperature

refference:
Wallace and Hobbs  'Atmospheric Science: An introductory Survey' 
Brown, Robert  'Fluid Mechanics of the atmosphere'


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Take 'er easy.... Shane
.watch out for the lightning (a large-scale high-tension natural electric
discharge in the atmosphere)......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..informal... a sudden usually improbable stroke of fortune.......
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