News tagged with meteorological station

NRL RAIDS experiment advances ionospheric remote sensing

Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wettest April in UK since 1767 according to longest rainfall dataset

(Phys.org) -- Last month was the wettest April on record according to data from the UK's longest running rainfall data collection station. Although April 2012 was widely reported to be the wettest drought ...

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

China drought affects more than 34 million people

A debilitating drought along China's Yangtze river has affected more than 34 million people, leaving farmers and livestock without water and parching a major grain belt, according to the government. ...

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created May 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

In Upstate New York, 42,225 Daily Temperature Readings, and Counting

Every day since Jan. 1, 1896, an observer has hiked to a spot at The Mohonk Preserve, a resort and nature area some 90 miles north of New York City, to record daily temperature and other conditions there. ...

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created May 07, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Summer is here and the mercury is rising… literally

Hot town, summer in the city. When it comes to air-quality advisories, city residents are no strangers, especially during the dog days of summer. But smog is made up of an array of air pollutants, including ...

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1