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The doldrums, also called the "equatorial calms", are the calms and light baffling winds at the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Doldrums may also refer to: Music
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ / ɪ tʃ / ITCH, or ICZ), [1] known by sailors as the doldrums [2] or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It encircles Earth near the thermal equator though its specific position varies seasonally.
As of 2022 there is no agreed quantitative definition of dunkelflaute. [7] Li et al. define it as wind and solar both below 20% of capacity during a particular 60-minute period. [8] High albedo of low-level stratocumulus clouds in particular – sometimes the cloud base height is just 400 meters – can reduce solar irradiation by half. [6]
The summer doldrums have set in across much of the United States, with heat advisories being issued Saturday from Texas to South Florida. In Miami, the temperature reached the low 90s Fahrenheit ...
Dohori (Nepali: दोहोरी, romanized: dohorī pronounced or ), is a Nepali type of music usually sung by two teams, one of the men and another of women. [1] It is in the form of question and answer where a team sings a question and the opponent replies through an equally lyrical impromptu couplet and vice versa.
The madal (Nepali: मादल) or maadal is a Nepalese folk musical instrument. [1] The madal is used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music. It is very popular and widely used as a hand drum in Nepal. The madal has a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center and heads at both ends, one head larger than the other.
Nepali people playing Damphu. A damphu, or damfoo (Nepali: डम्फु), is a percussion instrument similar to a large tambourine. This instrument is used by the Tamang people of Nepal to play the melodious Tamang Selo. According to folklore Damphu was invented by Peng Dorje, a Tamang King [1] and named it after Nepal's national bird the ...
Bagh-chal (Nepali: चाल ⓘ bāgh cāl, Newar: धुँ कासा dhun kasa meaning "tiger game") [24] is a strategic, two-player board game that originated in Nepal. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player controls up to twenty goats.