Posts Tagged ‘ wikipedia ’

Atmospheric Moisture

June 3, 2011
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Atmospheric Moisture

We are working on our movie for the D.R.I.P.S. presentation in Paris this summer. To really explain how our invention would work, we need to give a few definitions and provide some physics background. So this post is a collection of useful concepts and definitions about water in the air. The Hydrologic Cycle This...
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Evapotranspiration

November 21, 2010
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Information on evapotranspiration from Wikipedia: “Potential evapotranspiration supplements the measurement of rainfall in providing a scientific measurement-based definition of a desert. The water budget of an area can be calculated using the formula P − PE ± S, wherein P is precipitation, PE is potential evapotranspiration rates and S is amount of surface storage...
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Definition of a Desert

November 21, 2010
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Here’s a link to wikipedia’s definition of a desert. Here you can learn about precipitation averages in a desert environment.
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Lowell High School

November 21, 2010
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Lowell High School

Lowell High School is the best high school in San Francisco! We are working with our science teacher, Ms. Lisa Seawell Cole. She is part of Lowell High School Science Department and teaches Biology, Ecology, and Health Science.
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