Author Archives: peggy

Icicles and Watersheds: Part 1

Why are the icicles so long on our house? On a recent walk just a day or two after our first snow, my husband and I noticed that we had the longest icicles in the neighborhood. Some houses built the … Continue reading

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Day 25

21 December 2007 It is the last official day of the 2007 surface temperature field campaign. Although we will not know for several weeks the total number of schools that have participated and the total number of observations taken, it … Continue reading

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Day 21

17 December 2007 The storm that moved through the center of the United States lived up to its billing. There was heavy snow, strong winds, heavy rain, tornadoes, freezing rain and sleet. In Toledo, Ohio we had about 5 cm … Continue reading

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Day 17

13 December 2007 I’ll have to say that I haven’t posted a message on the blog lately partly because I was busy with finals at the University of Toledo and my trip to San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union … Continue reading

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SCUBAnauts Operation Deep Climb – Postscript

As you saw in the last blog, two of the SCUBAnauts — Collin and Anna — descended in submersibles to about 400 m beneath the ocean surface to explore the seas of Hawaii. What kind of environment did they likely … Continue reading

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