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Slide 1 Slide 2 CLIMATE The Six Factors Slide 3 Weather Weather is the result of the day to day conditions of the atmosphere. Descriptions of weather include details about…
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Slide 1 Biomes Slide 2 Slide 3 Sunlight strikes the Earth Slide 4 Slide 5 It rains in the tropics --- lots. Brazil Slide 6 Movements of Air masses falling air rising air…
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Thermal Stress ITEC 471 Spring 2003 Jon Judge: Guest Lecturer What is thermal stress? By the end of this unit, you will be able to: -define thermal stress -calculate WGBT…