To: Maurice Winn who wrote (19342 ) 1/2/2008 5:09:58 AM From: maceng2 Read Replies (1) | Respond to Perhaps you weren't referring to me. Weather equipment is very high-maintenance. The standard temperature shelter is painted white. If the paint wears or discolors, the shelter absorbs more of the sun's heat and the thermometer inside will read artificially high. But keeping temperature stations well painted probably isn't the highest priority in a poor country. antigreen.blogspot.com very en.wikipedia.org In 1963, Brown et al. reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research that Starfish Prime had created a belt of MeV electrons, and Bill Hess reported in 1968 that some Starfish electrons remained for five years. Others reported that radioactive particles from Starfish Prime descended to earth seasonally and accumulated in terrestrial organisms such as fungi and lichens. environment.no elmhurst.edu sprol.com
