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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 229
Pub. Date
1974.
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The physical, thermodynamic and dynamic characteristics of convective cloud rings (open cell convection) occurring on July 18, 1969 during the fourth phase of the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean are studied in detail.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
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Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town.
With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family.
But the Heffleys soon discover that paradise isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters all
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 499
Pub. Date
1992.
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Numerical modelling studies of continental tropical and maritime tropical convection were conducted using a two-dimensional, non-hydrostatic, cloud electrification model.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 207
Pub. Date
1973.
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The divergence of net radiation in a tropical atmosphere with cirrus clouds has been examined in terms of two bulk radiative properties of the cloud: shortwave thickness and broad-band infrared emissivity.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 124
Pub. Date
1968.
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Two well documented cases of tradewind disturbances are studied. One disturbance developed into Hurricane Carla (1961) while the other failed to intensify. Initially the two cases appeared to be very similar but on closer inspection the flow patterns in which the disturbances were embedded proved to have significant differences. This paper describes these differences.
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2012
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Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution.
Celaena Sardothien has been sent by the Assassin's Guild to a remote island in a tropical sea in order to collect on a debt owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes-and she will risk everything to right the wrong she's been sent to bring about.
Celaena Sardothien has been sent by the Assassin's Guild to a remote island in a tropical sea in order to collect on a debt owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes-and she will risk everything to right the wrong she's been sent to bring about.
16) A statistical analysis of satellite-observed trade wind cloud clusters in the western north Pacific
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 161
Pub. Date
1970.
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Composite upper-air soundings have been constructed relative to 1257 individual satellite-observed mesoscale trade wind cloud clusters in the western tropical North Pacific.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 298
Pub. Date
1978.
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This paper discusses the observational evidence for and the probable causes of the large diurnal variability of the atmosphere over the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) region of the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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2018.
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"After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution... Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary......
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As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of...
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"Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After...
