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The Biblical quotation above is an ancient example of attempting to make meteorological predictions based on empirical observations. The idea it contains tends to work as a forecasting scheme, and it has been expressed in many different ways in the subsequent 2,000 years. it is one of many sayings and rhymes of folklore that provide a qualitative description of the weather. In the 17th century,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Weather, Climate, and Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1948-8327,1948-8335
DOI: 10.1175/wcas-d-12-00025.1