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Diurnal Cycles


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Diurnal Cycles Variations in meteorological parameters such as temperature and relative humidity over the course of a day which result from the rotation of the Earth about its axis and the resultant change in incoming and outgoing radiation.


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