El Niño Southern Oscillation events can cause flooding from both a rise in sea level and high precipitation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Which of the following statements is true about North American Datum (NAD)?
A. NAD83 is a newer datum than NAD27. B. Maps based on NAD83 can register spatially with maps based on NAD27. C. NAD83 is based on a satellite-determined spheroid. D. All of these are correct E. Both NAD83 is newer and NAD83 is based on.
What are the important characteristics of the troposphere? Of the stratosphere?
What will be an ideal response?
The Tropic of Capricorn is:
A) 23.5 degrees South latitude B) 23.5 degrees North latitude C) 0 degrees West longitude D) 180 degrees East latitude E) 75 degrees West latitude
Seattle, Washington is located at 47.5°N latitude and Boston, Massachusetts is located at 42.22°N latitude, so Seattle is farther north than Boston. Both cities border oceans, the Pacific Ocean in the case of Seattle and the Atlantic Ocean in the case of Boston. Both cities are in close proximity to a segment of the global thermohaline circulation system, the Japanese Current for Seattle and the Gulf Stream for Boston. Seattle, though, rarely experiences winter snowfall, whereas Boston often does. Why?
A. Winter storms approach Boston from the east driven by the warm thermohaline Gulf Stream. B. Winter storms approach Boston from the west that draw cold air southward from the Arctic. C. Winter storms approach Seattle from the west driven by the warm thermohaline Japanese Current. D. "A" and "B" combined provide the answer.