"The problem with volcanic ash is not just a meteorological function but the material is both abrasive and corrosive," said Kevin Humphreys, director of safety regulation for the Irish Aviation Authority.
The FAA requires three miles of visibility to operate the drone, and an approaching storm has just broached this meteorological geofence.
"Yeah," said Dr. Solecki, 39. "The world meteorological organization just declared today that 2001 will probably be the second-warmest year on record, second to 1998.
For many centuries practical navigators oriented themselves by relying just as strongly on meteorological clues (the directions from which steady winds blew) as on astronomical ones (the positions and apparent motions of the Sun and stars).
Analyzing the meteorological conditions just prior to the earthquake is vital for framing the explanation as to why the landslides were so large and numerous.
And that display could enable scientists to generate, in real-time, global, space-weather images, just as high-flying meteorological satellites provide real-time images of weather on Earth.
In order to analyze the uncertainties of the modeled and spatial databases that estimate the values of DNI, the measured direct normal irradiance data were collected in just three Algerian ground meteorological stations (Algiers, Ghardaia, and Tamanrasset) with different climatic conditions (Fig. 1), because the reliable and continuous DNI measurements are scarce and rare.
He adds that military planes routinely fly into cyclones to take meteorological readings, just to underline how robust they are.
Saturday night's flurries were lovely but really just an amuse-bouche in meteorological terms.
After a cloudy opening day at Centurion, the sun shone throughout the second, a pleasant meteorological surprise not just for the 11,000 spectators who had been anticipating one of those highveld deluges at some stage, but one for the South African team in their quest to steal the final Test.
