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The location that has the lowest annual mean temperature in its hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere the cold pole is usually placed at Verkhoiansk in Siberia (67°33′N, 133°24′E) with an annual mean temperature of −16°C (3°F) (January: −50°C (−59°F), July: 16°C (60°F)), but the country around Verkhoiansk is very mountainous, and lower winter temperatures are found in some of the valleys. At Oimekon, for example, the average January temperature is probably below −51°C (−60°F). In the Southern Hemisphere the cold pole is near 80°–85°S and 75°–90°E. International Geophysical Year stations located inland on Antarctica have recorded several temperatures well below −73°C (−100°F).
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The indicated altitude corrected for temperature deviation from the standard atmosphere. Compare true altitude.
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The local name, in the vicinity of Montpelier, France, for the days near the end of March or the beginning of April when the mistral is usually strongest.
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The imaginary conical surface with the apex at a given observer's eye and the solid angle exactly filled by whatever object the observer is viewing.
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The incident irradiance on a surface illuminated by a beam is proportional to the cosine of the angle of incidence. The marked latitudinal variation in insolation on the earth is largely a consequence of this simple relationship. Compare Lambert's law.
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In U. S. Navy terminology, an area in which danger is possible due to the passage of a severe storm (especially a tropical cyclone) to the extent that additional reports are necessary concerning weather conditions and the status of ships at sea.
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The highest water level attained at a measuring station during a runoff event.
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The hypothesis, by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists of a stream of minute particles emitted by luminous bodies at very high velocities, and that the sensation of light is due to the bombardment of the retina of the eye by these particles.
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