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UNR and DRI Weather Comparison Jan 2010. DRI. Why temperature? DRI is about 143.3 meters above UNR. Adiabatic lapse rate 9.8 C/km, UNR is warmer by 1.4 C ???. UNR and UNR Farm. UNR Weather Station Location. tractor. Schematic of a Weather Station.
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UNR and DRI Weather Comparison Jan 2010 DRI Why temperature? DRI is about 143.3 meters above UNR. Adiabatic lapse rate 9.8 C/km, UNR is warmer by 1.4 C ???
UNR Weather Station Location tractor
Schematic of a Weather Station see http://www.cemp.dri.edu/cemp/recent/
Air Temperature at DRI and UNR in Jan 2010 UNR is warmer at mid day, but DRI is warmer at night.
(DRI - UNR) + 1.4 C = 0 ???? Monster Inversions!! No Wind!
Air Pollution Consequence of Stagnation and Inversion:Total Particle Mass Concentration (PM 2.5 um) Summer Wild Fire Mexico City Reno
And the Black Carbon Particle Mass Concentration Mexico City ventilates better than Reno. This woodsmoke was mostly not Black Carbon.
Close with Diffraction from Cloud DropletsUsing the Moon as a Light Source: 27 Jan 10