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What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship between cloud systems, rain and tiny floating particles called aerosols. This model may help climate scientists understand, among other things, how human-produced aerosols affect rainfall patterns. The research recently appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
CHICAGO, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthCounsel® and ElderCounsel® announced yesterday from the Planning for the Generations Symposium in Chicago that they plan to offer the delivery of the WealthDocx and ElderDocx drafting systems in a cloud-based solution with access anywhere, anytime. By migrating to an Internet-based delivery system, estate planning and elder law attorneys can seamlessly, remotely, and interchangeably draft legal documents on PC and Mac computers, and on...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudcor announces Fabasoft, a leading European software vendor and public cloud provider, as a bespoke Gold Partner at the UP 2011 Cloud Computing Conference. Fabasoft's Folio Cloud offers a wide range of business applications in the Cloud. Organizations can use this platform for both internal collaboration within the business and external international partners. "We are delighted to continue our world class collaboration with Fabasoft...
Solution provider extends Logicalis Enterprise Cloud (LEC) & promotes Mike Martin to newly created VP Cloud Solutions role. Farmington Hills, MI (PRWEB) July 19, 2011 Logicalis (http://www.us.logicalis.com), an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, continues to invest in the Logicalis Enterprise Cloud (LEC) providing expanded solutions for clients. Today, the company announced it has dramatically expanded its...
NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announces its latest platform update, including features such as Cloud Printers, enhanced Cloud File Manager, and usability enhancements, pushing the company closer towards realizing its vision of providing a unified IT cloud platform that meets the continually shifting needs of how SMBs and Enterprise business utilize and access their data, applications and communications tools in today's...
BOSTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Technology Partners(TM) Inc. (cloudTP(TM)), the leader in transforming businesses with cloud solutions, today announced the launch of its monthly newsletter entitled, The Doppler Report intended to help its readers navigate the complex and rapidly evolving world of cloud computing. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110131/NE38950LOGO) In addition to providing links to a thought provoking article on the current battle between Google and...
When noctilucent clouds (NLCs) first appeared in the 19th century, they were a high-latitude phenomenon. You had to travel toward the poles to see their electric-blue glow. Not anymore. Just this past weekend, these beautiful, "night-shining" clouds spilled over the Canadian border into the lower United States as far south as Denver, Colorado.In recent years, a NASA spacecraft called AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) has spotted the clouds appearing ever lower in latitudes,...
Working Groups Established and SDO Liaison Officer Appointed NEEDHAM, Mass., July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) members elected a Steering Committee, announced the publication of a library of cloud use cases, established working groups and have appointed Andrew Watson, vice president, OMG, as liaison officer to standards development organizations (SDOs) at their first quarterly meeting held on Tuesday, June 21 in Salt Lake City, UT. (Logo:...
Researchers say that aircraft can lead to increased snowfall around the world's major airports. New research shows that numerous private and commercial flights have been drilling holes and canals though clouds, influencing the snow and rainfall below them. The inadvertent cloud-seeding effects are facilitated by the expansion and cooling of air behind a propeller aircraft's engine blades and over aircraft wings when supercooled cloud temperatures are about 14 degrees Fahrenheit and below. ...
Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions.The new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), is part of ongoing research that focuses on so-called hole punch and canal clouds that form when planes fly through certain mid-level clouds, forcing nearby air to rapidly expand and cool. This causes water droplets to freeze...
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Surface Dew-points can play a huge role in weather forecasting. The first such role is that it helps determine the amount of moisture in the atmosphere for a given point. If we look at the current dew-point map above from January 28, 2013 we can note several things of interest. First, if we look at where the black circle is around the number 70, we can make note that this air right off the coast of Texas is at a dew point of 70F. The temperature outside must be above 70F, because the...
Orographic thunderstorms are formed when the air is pushed up a mountain side. This type of thunderstorm is found only on the windward side of a mountain range. In the United States we would find these types of thunderstorms on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and also on the western slopes of the Appalachians. Things that make this thunderstorm important: First of all they only form in certain geographical places on the earth as mentioned above. But they can form anywhere in the...
Weather Pack is our way to envision what is happening with the weather and create a weather forecast for a certain area of the United States. Today’s focus is on Southwest Mississippi along the Mississippi River. On the left side we have a Skew-T which is used to help us determine what is happening in the upper levels at our forecast location. On the right side is our morning satellite image; both of these features are important to creating an accurate forecast. The Skew-T will show...
The above map looks at what is known as ceilings. The definition of ceilings is the first broken or overcast layer of cloud cover in the atmosphere. For it to be considered a ceiling the clouds need to cover more than half of the sky. If we look at the red circled area we see the numbers of 1 and 2. This tells us that there is a ceiling at 1,000-2,000ft which are in the level of low clouds such as cumulus or stratus. The second is the black circle found in the Dakota’s. Here we are...
The image above shows a Cumulus-nimbus cloud that has an anvil top to it. The reason that can be identified is that the cirrus is in place above the center of the storm. The image below does not have an anvil top yet. The anvil top forms on CB clouds after they reach the height in the atmosphere where they begin to feel the upper level winds becoming too strong for them to continue development vertically. The storm on the right has not felt the upper level winds yet, that is why it lacks the...
