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... surface . The notion of parallel transport of a vector along a curve can be defined geometrically as a field of vec- tors tangent to the surface at each point of a curve with derivatives in three - dimensional space that are always ...
... surface . The notion of parallel transport of a vector along a curve can be defined geometrically as a field of vec- tors tangent to the surface at each point of a curve with derivatives in three - dimensional space that are always ...
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... surface of the Earth ; a sub- division of hydrology . Its principal concern is with water associated with earth materials and the mechanics of flow of water through the rocks . As originally defined by the U.S. hydrologist O.E. Meinzer ...
... surface of the Earth ; a sub- division of hydrology . Its principal concern is with water associated with earth materials and the mechanics of flow of water through the rocks . As originally defined by the U.S. hydrologist O.E. Meinzer ...
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... surface , thus heating the surface . Part of this heat is transmitted by various means to the atmosphere , ultimately being reradiated as longwave infrared radiation ; and part is reradiated directly from the sur- face , also as ...
... surface , thus heating the surface . Part of this heat is transmitted by various means to the atmosphere , ultimately being reradiated as longwave infrared radiation ; and part is reradiated directly from the sur- face , also as ...
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