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Fashion Faux Pas and Cheetah Claws

, 2013
It feels like winter, a time for thick socks, boots, warm coats, and… leggings? Leggings are one of those articles of clothing we completely overdo... Or UNDER-do.
Yang, Helena E.
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Evolution of Synoptic Systems Associated with Lake-Effect Snow Events over Northwestern Pennsylvania

Meteorology
This study investigates the synoptic conditions associated with lake-effect snow (LES) over northwestern Pennsylvania with a focus on classifying cases based on the tracks of cyclones influencing the region, including Nor’easters (NEs), Alberta Clippers (
Jake Wiley, Christopher Elcik
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SEASONAL MORTALITY PATTERNS DUE TO DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IN PORTUGAL

Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2015
Exposure to cold weather has negative consequences on human health. Studies have been showing that the seasonality of mortality has an evident peak during winter months in European countries.
Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana, João Vasconcelos, Elisabete Freire   +3 more
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Circular 109 [PDF]

, 1996
Introduction -- Explanation of Plant Evaluation Tables -- Table 1. Weather records for the test years -- Table 2. All plant materials evaluated in 1996 -- Table 3. All plants that have been evaluated but did not survive the minimum number of test years --
Holloway, Patricia S., MacDonald, Theresa, Matheke, Grant E. M., Van Wyhe, Eileen, Wagner, Patricia J.   +4 more
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HEDGING BY USING WEATHER DERIVATES IN WINTER SKI TOURISM

Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2018
Tourism, as one of the main driving forces of economic development, is exposed to many risks. Besides frequent fluctuations in foreign currency exchange, prices of fuel and transportation, the tourism industry has become more sensitive to weather ...
Bojan S. Đorđević
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Long-term prediction of the influence of sudden stratospheric warmings on the electricity consumption and wind power generation in Finland

Environmental Research Letters
Electricity consumption (EC) is highly dependent on outside temperatures in regions where electricity is used for heating, for example in northern Europe during winter.
Veera Juntunen, Mikhail Vokhmyanin, Antti Salminen, Timo Asikainen   +3 more
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Development of a multifactorial prediction model for commute mode choice in 10 983 Finnish public sector employees: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Objective The objective of this study is to examine the feasibility of using survey data to identify factors that predict commute mode choice.Design The study design is cross-sectional.Setting Survey data from the Finnish Public Sector study (2020) were ...
Jaana I Halonen, Paula Salo, Jenni Ervasti, Kia Gluschkoff, Jaakko Airaksinen, Anna Makkonen   +5 more
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Heat or Eat? Cold Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families [PDF]

We examine the effects of cold weather periods on family budgets and on nutritional outcomes in poor American families. Expenditures on food and home fuels are tracked by linking the Consumer Expenditure Survey to temperature data.
Janet Currie, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Steven Haider, Thomas DeLeire   +3 more
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Outlook and appraisal [March 2011] [PDF]

, 2011
The Scottish economy may be continuing to recover from recession but the rate of recovery appears to be slowing even when allowance is made for the difficult weather this ...
Ashcroft, Brian
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Investigation and quality assessment of the Past Weather Code from the Integrated Surface Database [PDF]

, 2014
Quantitative SYNOP Code weather variables such as rainfall amount, although of high societal and environmental importance, are frequently subject to recording errors and inhomogeneities resulting in uncertain conclusions.
Osborn, Timothy, Pope, Richard, Thorne, P, Willett, Kate M.   +3 more
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