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  1. Weather warning

    Services Act 1990 ref . MetService issues Severe Weather Outlooks, Watches and Warnings under a Code of Practice that enables others to distribute this information in the national interest. Weather ... as large hail and damaging tornadoes. See also Severe weather terminology a comprehensive article on this and related weather terms. Meteoalarm References Reflist External links http www.weather.gov ...A Weather warning generally refers to an alert issued by a meteorology meteorological agency to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather . A weather watch , on the other hand, typically refers to an alert issued to indicate that conditions are favorable for the development of dangerous weather patterns, although the dangerous weather conditions themselves are not currently present. In the United States , governmental weather warnings and watches are issued by the National Weather Service, which ... as the risk of a hazardous weather or hydrologic event increasing significantly, but its occurrence, location, and or timing is still uncertain and a warning as hazardous weather or hydrologic event ... glossary index.php?letter w . Additionally, the NWS breaks down weather warnings and watches based upon the specific type of hazardous weather. These warnings and watches include, but are not limited to, flooding, severe local storms, tropical cyclones, and winter storms. The Met Office , the NOAA s counterpart in the United Kingdom , does not issue separate weather warnings and watches, but has an analogous system of flash warnings and advance warnings that serve the same general role of weather warnings and weather watches, respectively. Other official meteorological departments may use similar ..., MetService breaks down weather warnings and watches based on the specific type of hazardous weather heavy rain, heavy snow, severe gales, and other weather likely to cause significant disruption to the general public or specific industry groups. MetService also provides Severe Thunderstorm Outlooks ...   more details



  1. Severe Tire Damage

    Severe Tire Damage may refer to Severe Tire Damage band , a rock band Severe Tire Damage album Severe Tire Damage album by They Might Be Giants disambig ...   more details



  1. Weather spotting

    to if a severe weather event, such as a tornado, severe thunderstorm, or flash flood occurs where the spotter is located. They add ground truth information to remote sensing technology such as weather ... needed date February 2012 Media weather spotters are also extensive in the Midwest though they also report severe warm weather, such as large hail and heavy rain. WFIE in Evansville, IN , for example ...refimprove date February 2012 Weather spotting is observing weather for the purpose of reporting to a larger group or organization. Examples include National Weather Service co op observers and Skywarn storm spotters. Storm spotters main Storm spotting A storm spotter is a specific type of type of weather spotter. In the U.S., these volunteers are usually trained by the National Weather Service or local ... organized by the Bureau of Meteorology . National Weather Service coop observers The National Weather ... weather observations across the United States. Data is taken from a multitude of geographic regions and topography, and sent to the National Weather Service and National Climatic Data Center for official ... A COMPREHENSIVE GLOSSARY OF WEATHER TERMS FOR STORM SPOTTERS NOAA NWS WFO Norman ref Cooperative weather ... gauge readings. Media weather spotters Since New England experiences harsh winters, several regional television stations use weather spotters for up to date snowfall amounts and reports. WHDH ... to 300 spotters. The former name of the group was WHDHwx The 7NEWS Weather Spotter Group. In December 2005, the group s name was switched to NEWeather Todd Gross Weather Spotter Network , in light of Todd ... Al Kaprielian started his weather watcher group in 1986, when WNDS TV first went on the air. Kaprielian features one weather watcher per night on my TV Prime, with their name, town, and current temperature on the map. citation needed date February 2012 Other Boston area stations with weather ... and Southern US, many stations hire or contract storm chasing storm chasers to send severe thunderstorm ...   more details



  1. Texas Severe Storms Association

    The Texas Severe Storms Association TESSA is a national non profit organization founded in 1993. The organization s mission is to bring together both professional and amateur meteorologists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge. ref http tessa.org ref TESSA hosts the National Storm Conference every March in North Texas . One of the conference highlights is the Super Storm Spotter Training Session, which the organization bills as the most advanced storm spotter training available in the nation. The event attracts storm spotter s, Storm chasing storm chasers , forecasters, researchers, educators, and emergency manager s from across the United States. In 1995, TESSA, in partnership with the National Weather Service , produced the StormWatch spotter training video, which is used nationally. ref Brotak, Edward Dec 1995 . StormWatch . Weatherwise . ref External links http www.tessa.org TESSA website References reflist Category Storm chasers Category Non profit organizations based in Texas org stub ...   more details



  1. Severe storms in Australia

    weather events in Melbourne December 2003 main 2003 Melbourne thunderstorm A severe weather event ... weather vic sevwx flashfact.shtml title Severe thunderstorms and flash floods in Victoria ... Severe Weather Event 2 3  February 2005 publisher Bureau of Meterology date February 2005 url ... Category Natural disasters in Australia Category Severe weather and convection ...Use Australian English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date December 2010 Severe storms in Australia refers to the storms , including cyclones , which have caused severe damage in Australia . The first ... January 1971 a severe storm caused flash flooding on the Woden Valley freeway when culverts became ... across the state of Canberra by a severe storm in November 1996. ref Cite web url http www.disasters.ema.gov.au ..., ACT Severe Storm work EMA Disasters Database publisher Australian Government Emergency Management ... url http www.bom.gov.au nsw sevwx 0506summ.shtml title Summary of Significant Severe Thunderstorm Events in NSW 2005 06 2 December 2005 Canberra severe storm publisher Australian Government Bureau ... 20Details DisasterEventDetails.aspx?DisasterEventID 70 title Event Severe Storm Canberra, ACT work ... . ref Cite web url http www.bom.gov.au nsw sevwx 0607summ.shtml title Summary of Significant Severe Thunderstorm Events in NSW 2006 07 27 February 2007 Severe hailstorm Canberra City publisher Australian ... that killed 21 because of the loss of a ship. January 1991 On 21 January 1991 severe thunderstorms ...  mm in half an hour. Areas of most severe damage stretched from the Warrawee, New South Wales Warrawee ... news title The Northern Sydney Storm 21  January 1991 url http www.bom.gov.au weather nsw sevwx ... natural disaster in dollar terms was a 1999 Sydney hailstorm severe hail storm over Sydney on 14 ... than 25 aircraft damaged at Sydney Airport. ref Cite web url http www.bom.gov.au weather nsw ... ref 2001 2005 A severe storm in the Hunter Valley , Sydney and central western regions killed three ...   more details



  1. The Weather Channel

    and radar images, and severe weather watch and warning maps when active. However, satellite customers ... company to scroll a text message when in use, including the capability to broadcast severe weather advisories and warnings when severe weather occurs in a given area, displaying warnings for the county ..., TWC actually provides a limited amount of live coverage during local severe weather with the Georgia ... that led a scheduled movie to be aired instead of wall to wall severe weather coverage. The Flick and a Forecast ... late 2008 also slogan for High definition television HD broadcasting Hurricane, severe weather, and winter ... 2005 2008 present The Hurricane Authority 2006 2007 2009 present Severe weather coverage slogans Your Severe Weather Authority March 2009 September 2009 The Severe Weather Authority September 2009 ...Use mdy dates date July 2011 Hatnote For the Australian Weather Channel with the same name, see The Weather Channel Australia . Infobox TV channel name The Weather Channel, LLC logofile TWC HD logo.svg logosize 270 logocaption The Weather Channel HD Logo logo2 founding 1981 launch May 2, 1982 closed ..., Bain Capital, and The Blackstone Group Sign Agreement to Acquire The Weather Channel Properties ... online chan 1 Channel 96 The Weather Channel TWC is a US cable television cable and satellite television satellite television network that, since May 2, 1982, broadcasts weather forecast s and weather related news, along with entertainment programming related to weather such as Storm Stories ... online presence at weather.com . The Weather Channel debuted its High definition television high definition ... main History of The Weather Channel The Weather Channel was founded in 1981 by John Coleman meteorologist John Coleman and Frank Batten . It was launched on May 2, 1982. Current The Weather Channel uses special proprietary equipment that inserts local weather forecast and warning information if it is viewed on a cable TV system. The original Weather Star technology has been upgraded on larger cable ...   more details



  1. Weather warfare

    War Weather warfare is the use of weather modification techniques such as cloud seeding for military purposes. The Environmental Modification Convention Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques Geneva 18 May 1977, Entered into force 5 October 1978 prohibits widespread, long lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury . ref http www.globalresearch.ca index.php?context viewArticle&code CHO20051127&articleId 1336 Environmental Warfare and Climate Change Michel Chossudovsky. ref However it has been argued that this permits local, non permanent changes . Prior to the Geneva Convention , the United States used weather warfare in the Vietnam War . Under the auspices of the Air Weather Service , the United States Operation Popeye used cloud seeding over the Ho Chi Minh Trail , increasing rainfall by an estimated thirty percent during 1967 and 1968. It was hoped that the increased rainfall would reduce the rate of infiltration down the trail. ref name senate hearing 74 http www.vietnam.ttu.edu star images 239 2390601002C.pdf Transcript of the US Senate Hearing on Weather Modification of March 20, 1974 ref With much less success, the United States also dropped salt on the airbase during the siege of Khe Sanh in an attempt to reduce the fog that hindered air operations. Citation needed date March ... use of nano technology to produce artificial weather , clouds of microscopic computer particle .... Artificial weather technologies do not currently exist. But as they are developed, the importance of their potential applications rises rapidly. Weather modification technologies are described as a force ... Weather as a Force Multiplier Owning the Weather in 2025 publisher US Air Force accessdate April 17, 2012 author House, Tamzy J., et al. ref See also Weather Modification Operations and Research Board ... Warfare Proposal Weather Modification , The Sunshine Project DEFAULTSORT Weather Warfare Category Weather ...   more details



  1. Severe Disablement Allowance (UK)

    Severe Disablement Allowance SDA was a United Kingdom state benefit intended for those below the state pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability. It was replaced by Incapacity Benefit in April 2001, which itself was replaced by Employment and Support Allowance . However, although it is no longer possible to make a claim for SDA, individuals who are already receiving the benefit have continued to do so. The benefit is administered by Jobcentre Plus an executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions . Eligibility An individual could have been eligible for Severe Disablement Allowance if they were assessed as being 80 per cent disabled and they were incapable of work because of illness or disability for at least 28 weeks in a row they were between 16 and 64 years old It is also possible for claimants of Severe Disablement Allowance to receive a top up of Income Support payments. These conditions are complicated and advice should be sought from Jobcentre Plus , Citizens Advice Bureau or a Welfare Rights Organisation. See also Ontario Disability Support Payment External links http www.direct.gov.uk en DisabledPeople FinancialSupport OtherBenefitsAndSupport DG 10016200 Directgov factsheet about Severe Disablement Allowance 1 http www.direct.gov.uk en MoneyTaxAndBenefits BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport Disabledpeople DG 10018894 Directgov factsheet about Severe Disablement Allowance 2 http www.patient.co.uk health Severe Disablement Allowance.htm Patient UK leaflet about Severe Disablement Allowance http www.dwp.gov.uk healthcare professional benefits and services severe disablement allowance index.shtml Severe Disablement Allowance information at DWP http www.dsdni.gov.uk index ssa benefit information a z of benefits severe disablement allowance.htm Social Security Agency information about Severe Disablement Allowance Category British society Category Social programs Category Welfare Category Disability rights Category United Kingdom pensions ...   more details



  1. Extreme weather

    Extreme weather includes weather phenomena that are at the extremes of the historical distribution, especially severe weather severe or unseasonal weather . ref Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... Overall picture of natural catastrophes in 2010 several earthquakes and many severe weather events ... article prior to editing this section this article is specific to SEVERE WEATHER Heat waves are long ... forms of severe weather are, like hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms, they are one of the less ... 2009 08 18 ref This severe weather phenomena can damage populations and crops due potential dehydration ... prior to editing this section this article is specific to SEVERE WEATHER A cold wave is a weather ... levelthree c20thc temp1.htm Marble Bar heatwave, 1923 1924 http www.severewx.co.uk Severe Weather UK ..., Changed? Retrieved on 13 April 2007. ref The most commonly used definition of extreme weather is based on an event s Climatology climatological distribution. Extreme weather occurs only 5 or less of the time. According to climate scientists and meteorological researchers, extreme weather events are rare. ref http www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov gmb ens target ens albapr albapr.html EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ... company Munich Re says that increasingly large numbers of weather related natural catastrophes ... 2010 08 05 company news.aspx Extreme weather events Signs of climate change? ref ref Munich Re January ... weather disasters in the US costing more than 1 billion in 2011. The previous record was nine in 2008 ... record for most billion dollar weather disasters?ft 1&f 1001 2011 Breaks Record For Most Billion Dollar Weather Disasters National Public Radio ref A 2012 study indicated an increasing threat from extreme weather. ref http www.nytimes.com 2012 04 27 world study hints at greater threat of extreme weather.html Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather April 26, 2012 ref See also List of extreme weather events Costs According to IPCC 2011 estimates of annual losses have ranged since ...   more details



  1. Weather reconnaissance

    File WC 130J Hercules of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.jpg thumb 300px A Lockheed WC 130 WC 130 Weatherbird hurricane hunter Weather reconnaissance is the acquisition of weather data used for research and planning. Typically the term reconnaissance refers to observing weather from the air, as opposed to the ground for example, ground based weather radar . Methods Aircraft Balloon File Ballon radiosonde f.jpg thumb right 300px Weather balloon Helicopter Helicopters are not built to withstand the severe turbulence encountered in hurricane rainbands and eye walls. One reason is that a helicopter ... WRS Hurricane Hunters operate ten WC 130J aircraft for weather reconnaissance. The Lockheed WP 3D Orion ... as weather ship s have fallen out of favor due to their high operating cost. Unmanned weather buoy s, replaced weather ships when they became prohibitively expensive. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id TmdlBqzl9WIC&pg PA31&dq weather ship network book&hl en&ei F o1TZqVM8P7lwfvtNDCCg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&sqi 2&ved 0CEYQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q weather 20ship 20network 20book&f false page 31 author J. F. Robin McIlveen title Fundamentals of weather and climate year 1998 ... has been largely superseded by weather buoys by design. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id 2zQrAAAAYAAJ&pg PA40&dq weather ship network book&hl en&ei TA82TaODHYO0lQfD rn5Cw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCwQ6AEwADgU v onepage&q weather 20ship 20network 20book&f false ... Atlantic, the number of weather ships dwindled over the years. The original nine ships in the region ... States stations, and, in 1977, the last United States weather ship was replaced by a newly developed weather buoy. ref cite news url http www.whoi.edu oceanus viewArticle.do?id 2343 title Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... Ocean Weather Ships 1940 1980 author Robertson P. Dinsmore publisher Woods Hole Oceanographic ... data information and inventories edmed report 1048041 title North Atlantic Ocean Weather ...   more details



  1. Weather pains

    report feeling severe or less commonly moderate pain when a weather front is approaching. Symptoms also ...Infobox Disease Name Weather pains Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICD9 995.8 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic eMedicine mult MeshID Weather pains or weather related pain classified ... pressure and other weather phenomena. ref name pain http www.usatoday.com weather resources safety 2005 02 21 health pressure x.htm Scientists still mulling causes of weather related pain , by April Chan, USA Today ref ref name about http arthritis.about.com od weather Weather Arthritis Barometric Pressure Affect Humidity Climate.htm Weather & Arthritis Barometric Pressure Affect Humidity ... 2011 History The perceived relationship between changes in weather and pain has been recorded since ...&ContentID 2201 Influence of Weather on Report of Pain , by Robert N. Jamison, PhD, International ... M. Evans, 1979 ref The large body of folklore about how weather affects pain is reflected by traditional sayings and expressions, such as aches and pain, coming rains, feeling under the weather, and ill ... associated with the weather was in the American Journal of Medical Sciences in 1887. This case ... G, DeGood DE. Pain complaint and the weather weather sensitivity and symptom complaints in chronic pain patients. Pain 1992 49 199 204. ref Most investigations examining the relationship between weather ... that warm weather is beneficial and barometric pressure changes are detrimental to patients with arthritis. ref Shutty MS, Cunduff G, DeGood DE. Pain complaint and the weather weather sensitivity ... Studies Guedj and Weinberger ref Guedj D, Weinberger, A. Effect of weather conditions on rheumatic patients ... in weather by diagnosis. They instructed 16 patients with rheumatoid arthritis , 24 with osteoarthritis ... pressure. ref Guedj D, Weinberger, A. Effect of weather conditions on rheumatic patients. Ann Rhem Dis 1990 49 158 159. ref Few well designed experimental studies have examined the effects of weather ...   more details



  1. Weather report

    Weather report may refer to Weather forecasting , the application of science and technology to predict the weather Weather Report , a jazz fusion musical group Weather Report JoJo s Bizarre Adventure Weather Report JoJo s Bizarre Adventure , a fictional character from JoJo s Bizarre Adventure Weather Report 1971 album Weather Report 1971 album Weather Report 1982 album Weather Report 1982 album disambig ...   more details



  1. Severe Tire Damage (band)

    Image SevereTireDamage.gif right thumb Don t Back Up Severe Tire Damage is a rock and roll garage band from Palo Alto, California . Uniqueness Severe Tire Damage was the first band to perform live on the Internet. ref Savetz, K., Randall, N., and Lepage, Y., http www.savetz.com mbone MBONE Multicasting Tomorrow s Internet , John Wiley, 1996, ISBN 1 5688472 3 8 ref ref Rogers, Adam, 15 Years of Wired , Wired Magazine, June 2008, page 166 ref On June 24, 1993, the band was playing a gig at Xerox PARC while elsewhere in the building, scientists were discussing new technology the MBone for broadcasting on the Internet using multicast ing. As proof of their technology, the band was broadcast and could be seen live in Australia and elsewhere. On November 19, 1994, the Rolling Stones decided to broadcast one of their concert tours on the Internet. Before their broadcast, Severe Tire Damage returned ... researcher, the entire world press was watching this time, and Severe Tire Damage was elevated from obscurity to Andy Warhol Warholian fame. Newsweek magazine described Severe Tire Damage as being ... 5, 1994 ref The Rolling Stones told The New York Times the surprise opening act by Severe Tire Damage ... Can Do. A Funny Name for a Band Bands with the name Severe Tire Damage appear in the literature many times 1988 Vice Academy. In one scene two guys listen to a tape of their favorite rock band Severe ... 3 states . . . condemning the growing popularity of the mutant musical group Severe Tire Damage ... keep waiting for a band to be named either Republican Guard or Severe Tire Damage . 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire . In one scene, Robin Williams character pretends to be a former vocalist for Severe Tire Damage ... Severe Tire Damage , Blown Lunch, and Bite size Yak . In the end, they reject these for Goat .... One band member suggests Severe Tire Damage as a better name for the band. Downfall On April ... website DEFAULTSORT Severe Tire Damage Band Category American rock music groups Category Garage ...   more details



  1. Heavy Weather

    Heavy Weather may refer to Heavy Weather novel Heavy Weather novel , a novel by P. G. Wodehouse Heavy Weather TV Heavy Weather TV , a 1995 adaptation of Wodehouse s novel Heavy Weather Sterling novel Heavy Weather Sterling novel , a science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling Heavy Weather album Heavy Weather album , an album by Weather Report Heavy Weather song Heavy Weather song , a song by Jarvis Cocker Heavy Weather , a song by Diana Ross from The Force Behind the Power Heavy Weather , a short story by Niall McArdle, included in Phoenix Irish Short Stories 2003 , ed. David Marcus , Weidenfeld & Nicolson , disambig it Heavy Weather disambigua ...   more details



  1. Severe combined immunodeficiency

    Infobox disease Name Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Image Caption DiseasesDB 11978 ICD10 ICD10 D 81 ... MeshID D016511 Severe combined immunodeficiency SCID , also known as Alymphocytosis, Glanzmann Riniker syndrome, Severe mixed immunodeficiency syndrome, and Thymic alymphoplasia ref name Bolognia cite ... due to a defect in one of several possible genes. SCID is a severe form of heritable immunodeficiency ..., usually die within 1 year due to severe, recurrent infections unless they have undergone successful ... A, De Ravin SS, Elliott E, Ziegler JB title Severe combined immunodeficiency A national surveillance ... children in the Navajo Nation Navajo population inherit severe combined immunodeficiency. This condition ... class wikitable Type Description X SCID X linked severe combined immunodeficiency Most cases of SCID ... 2R is known as X linked severe combined immunodeficiency. The condition is inherited in an X linked ... SR, Notarangelo LD, O Shea JJ title Jak3, severe combined immunodeficiency, and a new class of immunosuppressive ... identified about a dozen genes that cause SCID, the Navajo and Apache population has the most severe ... in Nation to Screen All Newborns for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency SCID or Bubble Boy Disease url ... Severe Combined Immunodeficiency SCID Immunodeficiency Disorders Merck Manual Professional accessdate ... immune deficiency Vickers, Peter S. 2009 . Severe combined immune deficiency early hospitalisation ... Defects in Human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Approaches to Immune Reconstitution Buckley RH 2004 . Molecular defects in human severe combined immunodeficiency and approaches to immune ... titleGene therapy of severe combined immunodeficiencies Fischer A, Hacein Bey S, Cavazzana Calvo M 2002 . Gene therapy of severe combined immunodeficiencies . Nat Rev Immunol 2 8 615 621. ref In 2000 ... to more specifically target gene insertion. ref name titleGene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency are we there yet? Cavazzana Calvo M, Fischer A 2007 . Gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency ...   more details



  1. Strange Weather

    Strange Weather may refer to Strange Weather Glenn Frey album , 1992 Strange Weather Marianne Faithfull album , 1987 disambig ...   more details



  1. Severe Tire Damage (album)

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Severe Tire Damage Type Live album Artist They Might Be Giants Cover TheyMightBeGiants SevereTireDamage.jpg Released August 11, 1998 Recorded 1997 1998 Genre Alternative rock Length Label Restless Records Restless small United States U.S. small br Cooking Vinyl small United Kingdom U.K. small Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 2.5 5 Allmusic class album id r367940 pure url yes link Last album Then The Earlier Years br 1997 This album Severe Tire Damage br 1998 Next album Live They Might Be Giants album Live br 1999 Misc Extra chronology Artist They Might Be Giants TMBG live album Type Live album Last album Live New York City 10 14 94 br 1994 This album Severe Tire Damage br 1998 Next album Live They Might Be Giants album Live br 1999 Severe Tire Damage is a primarily live album by They Might Be Giants , released in 1998 see 1998 in music . It also features a few studio tracks, including a new single Doctor Worm . The live cuts, some recorded at soundchecks without any audience, feature at least one track from every album since their debut, which include a few old fan favorites that have been reworked since the duo adopted a full backing band. Songs like She s an Angel , from their debut, They Might Be Giants album They Might Be Giants and Birdhouse in Your Soul , from their major label debut, Flood They Might Be Giants album Flood , are treated to multiple guitars and a horn section. Conversely, the song Meet James Ensor originally appeared on their first full band effort, John Henry album John Henry 1994 and surfaces here in a bare bones rendition, with only vocals and an accordion . Besides the aforementioned lack of an audience ... 18 24 are hidden tracks. Doctor Worm 3 01 Severe Tire Damage Theme 0 40 They Got Lost 3 42 Why ... 2 00 This Ape s for You 1 13 External links tmbw Severe Tire Damage Severe Tire Damage page at This Might ... Restless Records live albums pt Severe Tire Damage ...   more details



  1. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

    Infobox disease Name Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD10 A 99 a 90 ICD9 ICD9 065.9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic eMedicine mult MeshID D002044 Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome SFTS is an emerging infectious disease recently discovered in northeast and central China. SFTS cause high fatality rate of 12 and as high as 30 in some areas. The major clinical symptoms of SFTS are fever, vomiting, diarrhea, multiple organ failure, thrombocytopenia low platelet count , leucopenia low white blood cell count , and elevated liver enzyme level. SFTS occurs in rural areas from March to November, and a majority of cases are from April to July. In 2009 Xue jie Yu and colleagues isolated the SFTS virus SFTSV from SFTS patients blood. SFTSV is a Phlebovirus in the family of Bunyaviridae . The life cycle of the SFTSV most likely involves arthropod vectors and animal hosts. Humans are accidental hosts and play no role in the life cycle of the SFTSV. SFTSV has been detected from Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks. The transmission routine of SFTSV is unknown, but person to person transmission either plays no role or at least is not an important routine of transmission of SFTSV. ref http www.nejm.org doi full 10.1056 NEJMoa1010095 Yu XJ, Liang MF, Zhang SY, Liu Y, Li JD, Sun YL, et al. Fever with Thrombocytopenia Associated with a Novel Bunyavirus in China. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 21 364 16 1523 32. ref File Bunyavirus china.JPG thumb SFTS bunyavirus isolated from patients in Central and Northeast provinces of China red References Reflist Categories Category Arthropod borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers Category Bunyaviruses Category Insect borne diseases Category Zoonoses fr Syndrome de fi vre s v re avec thrombocytop nie zh ...   more details



  1. Weather (disambiguation)

    wikt weather The weather is an all encompassing term used to describe all of the many and varied phenomena that can occur in the atmosphere of a planet. It may also refer to The Weather , a song by Built to Spill from their 2001 album Ancient Melodies of the Future The Weather Channel , an all weather network owned by NBC. The Weather is a 2003 hip hop album by Busdriver, Radioinactive and Daedelus Weather , a short story by Alastair Reynolds in his collection Galactic North , set in his Revelation Space universe See also Weathers disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Space weather

    name nas2008 http www.nap.edu catalog 12507.html Severe Space Weather Events Understanding Societal ... Shuttle Discovery Discovery , May 1991. Space weather is the concept of changing environmental conditions ... of weather within the Earth s Celestial body atmosphere planetary atmosphere troposphere and stratosphere . Space weather is the description of changes in the ambient Plasma physics plasma , Earth s magnetic field magnetic fields , radiation and other matter in space. Much of space weather is driven ...?record id 12272 Space Weather A Research Perspective, National Academy of Science , 1997. Space weather describes the conditions in space that affect Earth and its technological systems. Our space weather is a consequence of the behavior of the Sun, the nature of Earth s magnetic field, and our location in the solar system. ref The term space weather is sometimes used to refer to changes in interplanetary space interplanetary and occasionally interstellar medium interstellar space. Space weather has two focal points scientific research and applications. The term space weather was not used until the 1990s. Prior to that time, activities now known as space weather were considered to be part ... the Aurora astronomy aurora , which is caused by space weather, but did not understand it. Navigators ... Magnete but was not understood to be caused by space weather until the 19th century. Space weather ... storm simultaneous with the telegraph disruption. With this connection, space weather, as we ... of extreme static or noise occurred. Severe radar jamming during a large solar event in 1942 ... by a solar flare , another aspect of space weather. In the 20th century, the interest in space weather ... weather. Communications satellites are a vital part of global commerce. Weather satellite systems provide information about terrestrial weather. The signals from satellites of the Global Positioning System are used in a wide variety of commercial products and processes. Space weather phenomena can interfere ...   more details



  1. Weather front

    narrow bands of thunderstorm s and severe weather , and may on occasion be preceded by squall line ...Image Unusually well defined warm front.jpg 300px thumb right Approaching weather fronts are often visible from the ground, but are not always as well defined as this A weather front is a boundary separating ... phenomenon meteorological phenomena . In surface weather analysis surface weather analyses ... and fog . The weather usually clears quickly after a front s passage. Some fronts produce no precipitation ... SpGfKb23Y9QC&pg PA296&lpg PA296&dq weather fronts separate different air masses book v onepage&q weather ... to weather, climate, and the environment page 296 author C. Donald Ahrens date 2007 accessdate ... weather analysis Image NWS weather fronts.svg thumb right 250px Weather map symbols br Div col 1.  ... end Main Surface weather analysis Low pressure area High pressure area A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map which provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground&ndash based weather stations. ref name disc1 Monmonier, Mark. Air Apparent How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather. University of Chicago Press. Chicago 1999. ref Weather maps are created by plotting or tracing the values of relevant ... such as weather fronts. Surface weather analyses have special symbols which show frontal systems, cloud ... may represent high pressure, implying fair weather. An L on the other hand may represent low pressure ... and other surface boundaries on weather maps, but also to depict the present weather at various locations on the weather map. In addition, areas of precipitation help determine the frontal type and location. ref name disc1 Air Apparent How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather ... within meteorology to describe weather around a frontal zone. The term anafront describes boundaries ... weather changes. Katafronts are weaker, bringing smaller changes in temperature and moisture, as well ...   more details



  1. Severe plastic deformation

    Materials from Severe Plastic Deformation , Prog. Mater. Sci. 45, 103 189 2000 . ref ref name ... Bulk Ultrafine Grained Materials by Severe Plastic Deformation , JOM 58 4 , 33 39 2006 ref ...   more details



  1. Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather may refer to Songs Stormy Weather song Stormy Weather song , a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and first sung by Ethel Waters at The Cotton Club in Harlem Stormy Weather Thelonious Monster album Stormy Weather Thelonious Monster album , 1990 Stormy Weather Lena Horne album Stormy Weather Lena Horne album , 1957 Stormy Weather , a song by the Pixies from their 1990 album Bossanova Stormy Weather Echo & the Bunnymen song Stormy Weather Echo & the Bunnymen song , their 2005 single Stormy Weather , a song by Grime MC Wiley rapper Wiley , from his 2006 mixtape Da 2nd Phaze Stormy Weather , a song by The Kooks from their 2008 album Konk album Konk Films Stormy Weather , a British comedy film Stormy Weather 1943 film Stormy Weather 1943 film , an American musical motion picture produced and released by 20th Century Fox in 1943 Stormy Weathers 1992 film Stormy Weathers 1992 film , a film directed by Will Mackenzie Stormy Weather 2003 film Stormy Weather 2003 film , a French Icelandic film Other Stormy Weather yacht Stormy Weather yacht , the 1934 yacht that won both the 1935 Fastnet race and Trans Atlantic races Stormy Weather novel Stormy Weather novel , a 1995 novel by Carl Hiaasen A cocktail made with rum, ginger beer and lime juice disambiguation fr Stormy Weather it Stormy Weather sh Stormy Weather ...   more details



  1. Weather Underground (weather service)

    Infobox Company name The Weather Underground, Inc. logo File weatherunderground logo.gif founder Jeff ... States homepage http www.wunderground.com wunderground.com type Corporation Weather Underground is a commercial weather service that provides real time Weather forecasting weather information via the Internet . Weather Underground provides weather reports for most major cities across the world on its Web site, as well as local weather reports for newspapers and Web sites. Most of its United States information comes from the National Weather Service NWS , as information from that agency is within ... weather database. The name is a reference to the 1960s militant Far left radical student group Weatherman organization the Weather Underground , which also originated at the University of Michigan ... time data real time weather information around the world. By 1992, they claim that the two servers ... a project to bring Internet weather into K 12 classrooms.WU s president, Alan Steremberg ... Weather Underground, Inc. evolved as a commercial entity separate from the university. ref Weather Underground, Inc. http www.wunderground.com about background.asp The First Internet Weather Service. Retrieved on 2008 04 05. ref It has grown to provide weather for print sources, in addition to its online presence. In 2005 Weather Underground became the weather provider for the Associated Press WU also provides weather reports for some newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle and the Google search engine. Alan Steremberg, Weather Underground s president, also worked on the early development ... that the site was 2 in Internet Weather for 2008. ref Jeff Master s WunderBlog, 10 27 2008 http www.wunderground.com blog JeffMasters comment.html?entrynum 1139 Heavy Internet Weather Retrieved on 2008 10 27. ref In February 2010, FullScreenWeather.com, a full screen weather web tool was launched with integrated mappng and mobile device use in mind. Blogs Blog s are one of the main features in Weather ...   more details



  1. Weather Center

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