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HKO e-Bulletin on Educational Resources
  Issue No.30 (June 2011) feedback
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Introduction:

The HKO e-Bulletin on Educational Resources is published on-line every three months. It covers in layman terms various interesting topics related to weather phenomena and popular science, as well as developments in new science and technology related to the Observatory's service on meteorology, radiation and geophysics. We welcome your views and suggestions.

This issue takes "Rainstorms" as the theme. A number of articles are written to explain this phenomenon. Moreover, there is one interesting article on a mysterious atmospheric optical phenomenon - "glory". In order to help readers understanding the mystery, the author tries to illustrate the phenomenon more in depth with diagrams. Since the serious nuclear accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant of Japan in March this year, people are very concerned about nuclear-related matters. There are two articles related to "Radiation". Other articles on different, interesting and meaningful topics are also included.

  New
item "Rainstorms" - Why does it rain?
item "Rainstorms" - Severe thunderstorms bringing hazard to aviation
item "Rainstorms" - Raining cats and dogs
item "Rainstorms" - Don't be a lightning rod
item "Rainstorms" - Interesting statistics on rainstorm warning signals
item "Rainstorms" -
Northwest "Shi Hu Feng" and Northeast "Shi Hu Feng"
item "Rainstorms" - Thunderstorms and squalls
item "Nature's Wonders" - The mysterious glory
item "Radiation" - A scientific perspective of the radiological effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident to the Hong Kong environment
item "Radiation" - Glossary on radiation terminology and radiation reference materials
item "Tropical Cyclone Basics" series -
Forecasting yearly number of tropical cyclones affecting Hong Kong
item "Weather Phenomena" - A chat of very hot weather
item "Weather Phenomena" - How cold was the past winter?
item "Weather Phenomena" - Upslope fog
item "Meteorological Satellite" - Monitoring of volcanic ash
item "Observatory's Blog" - The meaning of work in meteorology
item My Little Observatory website launched
item Launch of New Version 1.1 of "MyObservatory" for Android 
item The Observatory Enhances Information Delivery on Weibo and Twitter 
item The Observatory launches iPhone/iPad supported Web Clock (Trial)
item Climate Change FAQs - UPDATED
item The Observatory decommissioned its old analogue long-period seismograph
item Trial Website "Global SIGMET Monitoring" for Aviation Sector 
item Hong Kong's Presence in the World Meteorological Congress
item Hong Kong Observatory Wins ICT Awards
 
  Information by Topics
item Meteorology
item Radiation
item Geomagnetism, Earthquake and Astronomy
item Space Weather
item Nature's Wonders - Their Science Explained
item Courses and Activities for the Public
item Weather Observations and Public Weather Services
item The Observatory's YouTube video collection
item Observatory's Blog
item Observatory Publications
 
  Weather Forecast
item Local Weather Forecast
item 7-day Weather Forecast for Hong Kong
item World Weather Information Service - A World Meteorological Organization web site, developed by the Observatory, providing official city forecasts and climatological information issued by various National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
item Severe Weather Information Centre - A World Meteorological Organization web site, developed by the Observatory, providing official Tropical Cyclone warnings and advisories issued by various National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
 
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