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  2. Diablo wind - Wikipedia

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    The Diablo wind is created by the combination of strong inland high pressure at the surface, strongly sinking air aloft, and lower pressure off the California coast. The air descending from aloft as well as from the Coast Ranges compresses as it sinks to sea level where it warms as much as 20 °F (11 °C), and loses relative humidity.

  3. Beaufort scale - Wikipedia

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    Sir Francis Beaufort. The scale that carries Beaufort's name had a long and complex evolution from the previous work of others (including Daniel Defoe the century before). In the 18th century, naval officers made regular weather observations, but there was no standard scale and so they could be very subjective — one man's "stiff breeze" might be another's "soft breeze"—: Beaufort succeeded ...

  4. Wind speed - Wikipedia

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    An anemometer is commonly used to measure wind speed. Global distribution of wind speed at 10m above ground averaged over the years 1981–2010 from the CHELSA-BIOCLIM+ data set [1] In meteorology, wind speed, or wind flow speed, is a fundamental atmospheric quantity caused by air moving from high to low pressure, usually due to changes in ...

  5. Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    The instrument has twenty-three 800 mm (31 in)-long wire strings attached to a bamboo tube with a metal hose-clamp around the top rim. A 4 litres (0.88 imp gal; 1.1 US gal), rectangular olive oil tin, which acts as a resonator, is clamped to the base of the tube. The instrument is capable of playing both Vietnamese and Western music.

  6. Dust devil - Wikipedia

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    A "hay devil" is a gentle whirlwind that forms in the warm air above fields of freshly-cut hay. A vortex forms from a column of hot air rising from the ground on calm, sunny days, tossing and swirling stalks and clumps of hay harmlessly through the air, often to the delight of children and onlookers.

  7. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    A brief, sudden increase in the speed of the wind, usually lasting less than 20 seconds. Gusts are more transient than squalls and are followed by a lull or slowing of the wind speed. They are generally only reported by weather stations when the maximum wind speed exceeds the average wind speed by at least 10–15 knots (12–17 mph). gust front

  8. Song Lang - Wikipedia

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    The name of the movie Song Lang is taken from the name of a musical instrument that controls the rhythm in cai luong, don ca tai tu and ca Hue, carrying many concepts not only on stage but also in the spiritual life of the artist. [1] [2] The phrase "song lang" in the work is also subtly inserted by the director to refer to the two men.

  9. List of Vietnamese films - Wikipedia

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    Kim Anh Nhat, Quach Ngoc Ngoan, Luc Tran: Drama: Winner of the 201 Golden Kite Prize: Touch (Chạm) Minh Đức Nguyễn: Porter Lynn, John Ruby, Melinda Bennett, Tony LaThanh, Long Nguyễn: Drama: 2011: Cô dâu đại chiến (Battle of the Brides) Victor Vũ: Huy Khánh, Ngọc Điệp: Romantic Comedy: Bóng ma học đường (Ghost ...