Meteor shower, temporary rise in the rate of meteor sightings, caused by the entry into Earth's atmosphere of a number of meteoroids (see meteor and meteoroid) at approximately the same place in the sky and the same time of year, traveling in parallel paths and apparently having a common origin.
The low-latitude middle atmosphere supports a number of waves of various scales which control the dynamical condition of this region to a great extent.
However, the bitter politicking that has soured the atmosphere in a number of UN environment processes - most notably at the Copenhagen climate summit - threatens some aspects of the Nagoya meeting.
In fact, the atmosphere displays a number of variables such as airborne bacterial content that can interfere with the detection process, thus impeding comparative tests when carried out at different times or places.
The music of Chandralekha helped it to become one of the most successful Indian musical films of the 1940s; it "created an atmosphere for a number of music directors influenced by Western music" in Tamil cinema.
Often, private haircutting parties are born when a salon client approaches her stylist with the whispered promise of a festive atmosphere, a guaranteed number of guests and cash under the table in return for reduced rates.
An observed warming trend of the ocean's waters more recently is consistent with similarly observed global warming of the atmosphere; a growing number of researchers have concluded that human activities are contributing to the warming trend, although the extent of this contribution is not yet known.
Further crystallographic studies have been conducted of CPL-1 under atmospheres of a number of gases, including N2, Ar, CH4, H2 and C2H2 (Kitaura et al., 2005 ▶; Kubota et al., 2005 ▶, 2006 ▶, 2007 ▶; Matsuda et al., 2005 ▶).
Much higher C2H2 concentrations (ppmv and higher levels) are found within the atmospheres of a number of jovian-type planets and satellites in our solar system (Macy, 1980; Noll et al., 1986; Waite et al., 2007; Oremland and Voytek, 2008).
Despite this repressive atmosphere, an increasing number of Egyptians, disillusioned with Nasser's socialist, secular government, were turning to the mosque for political answers.
The executive chef, Robert Fathman, aims to foster the clubby atmosphere by establishing a number of year-round house specials, withdrawing items only when worthy ingredients are not available.
