Category Archives: Hydrology

Icicles and Watersheds: Part 1

Posted on 01/09/2008 by peggy

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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Puddles

Posted on 05/29/2007 by peggy

I like puddles, and I have become more interested in them lately. Why? On 29 May 2002, we took observations of the heating and moistening of the lower atmosphere using an aircraft and surface sites observations in the Oklahoma Panhandle … Continue reading →

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Land use and storms

Posted on 05/02/2007 by peggy

Do you ever hear something you just can’t stop thinking about? About ten years ago, I heard a talk by Roger Pielke, Sr., where he compared the weather over northern Texas for two days, 100 years apart. The weather – … Continue reading →

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A final word about Local Climate

Posted on 03/27/2007 by peggy

Before we leave human effects on “local” climate, I wanted to share a few more examples to show how we can change our local climate. I’ve written some about how land use affects temperature in cities; I’ve also mentioned in … Continue reading →

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Snowmelt

Posted on 01/15/2007 by peggy

We live on the south side of the street; the sidewalk is to the north of our house. We shovel the walks for the woman who lives on the north side of the street. We noticed that we could easily … Continue reading →

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