Weather
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- "Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest level of the planet´s atmosphere, the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the averaging of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time. When used without qualification, "weather" is generally understood to mean the weather of Earth.
Weather is driven by air pressure, temperature, and moisture differences between one place and another. These differences can occur due to the Sun´s angle at any particular spot, which varies with latitude. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the largest scale atmospheric circulations: the Hadley cell, the Ferrel cell, the polar cell, and the jet stream. Weather systems in the middle latitudes, such as extratropical cyclones, are caused by instabilities of the jet streamflow. Because Earth´s axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane (called the ecliptic), sunlight is incident at different angles at different times of the year. On Earth´s surface, temperatures usually range ±40 °C (−40 °F to 100 °F) annually. Over thousands of years, changes in Earth´s orbit can affect the amount and distribution of solar energy received by Earth, thus influencing long-term climate and global climate change." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.01.2021)
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Ilsenburg: Stadt und Harzgebirge über den Hüttenteich, 1848 (aus: Payne "Universum)
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Image: Schloß Wernigerode GmbH - RR-F -
Barometer
Es handelt sich um ein...
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Image: Städt. Hellweg-Museum Geseke - CC BY-NC-SA -
Regenhaube mit Aufbewahrung
Eine faltbare Regenhaube in...
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Image: Museum Haller ZeitRäume - CC BY-NC-SA -
Aneroid-Barometer
Das Barometer wurde um 1900...
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Image: Spengler-Museum - CC BY-NC-SA -
Wetterglas
Das dickwandige Wetterglas...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - CC BY-NC-SA
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