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Cometary Dust and the Periodicity of Rainfall Singularities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Z. Kviz*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1 Kensington 2033, Australia

Abstract

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Periodicity in rainfall singularities in the U.S.A. corresponds to the periods of two comets whose orbits are sufficiently close to Earth’s orbit. These effects are connected with the position of a stratospheric jet stream over the territory of the U.S.A. This investigation indicates that some processes, so far not properly understood, could be responsible for the influence of cometary dust on the triggering of atmospheric precipitation.

Type
III. Interplanetary Dust: Laboratory Studies
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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