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CAPE exists within the conditionally unstable layer of the troposphere, the free convective layer (FCL), where an ascending air parcel is warmer than the ambient air. CAPE is measured in joules per kilogram of air (J/kg). Any value greater than 0 J/kg indicates instability and an increasing possibility of thunderstorms and hail.
The Journal of Lady Jane Franklin at the Cape of Good Hope, November 1836. Cape Town: Friends of the South African Library. ISBN 0-620-08355-7. Mann, William (1989). Warner, Brian (ed.). The Cape Diary and Letters of William Mann, Astronomer and Mountaineer: 1839–1843. Cape Town: Friends of the South African Library. ISBN 0-86968-093-5.
There he took a first degree in physics and a masters and doctorate in astrophysics. On leaving university, Medupe's first role was as a research fellow at the University of Cape Town. However, he asked the director of the observatory to allow him to return to his home town to try to get some of the young black South Africans into astronomy.
The Space Weather Prediction Center is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics (i.e. heliophysics), and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
Michael William Feast (29 December 1926 [1] [2] – 1 April 2019) was a British-South African astronomer. He served as Director of the South African Astronomical Observatory from 1976–1992, then became a professor at the University of Cape Town.
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe is a book on modern physics by the British mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, published in 2004. [1] [2] It covers the basics of the Standard Model of particle physics, discussing general relativity and quantum mechanics, and discusses the possible unification of these two theories.
Notes is ready to celebrate his sixth anniversary of operating the Cape Cabaret Dinner Theater in January. He had spent many years in retail and commercial real estate in the Washington, D.C. area ...
Laurence Chisholm Young was born in Göttingen, [6] the fifth of the six children of William Henry Young and Grace Chisholm Young. [7] He held positions of Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.