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  • abbreviation centipoise

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Examples

  • That is some amazingly low latitude penetration of a cP airmass especially for so late in the year.

    Atlantic Hurricane Track Versions « Climate Audit 2007

  • So long as the southern branch of the split jet continues to pump mP and cP out over the Gulf, and so long as the northern branch continues to keep the digging trough in place along the East Coast, and so long as the jet and Azores/Bermuda High remain at latitudes more typical of April …. the sleepy nature of things will continue.

    Atlantic Hurricane Track Versions « Climate Audit 2007

  • Although variously defined, the upper limit for heavy oil has been set at 22° API gravity and a viscosity of 100 centipoise (cP).

    Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Venezuela 2007

  • Natural bitumen is oil with viscosity greater than 10,000 cP.

    Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Venezuela 2007

  • The combination of stronger insolation (due to fewer molecules of water to interdict the photons on the way in), subsidence, and high heights leads to hot daily highs, except during winter when synoptics bring in northerly to easterly flows (cP intrusion).

    Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

  • However, in its midst, Feb 1976, we had the most spectacular outbreak of cP air and sticking snow to sea level, covering the entire region.

    Unprecedented Warmth in Sweden « Climate Audit 2007

  • Also, Feb 1976 we had one of the more notable cP outbreaks ever witnessed, bringing a couple of inches of snow to most of the lowland areas of the state.

    Allen and Tett 1999 « Climate Audit 2006

  • The thickness of a fluid is referred to as its viscosity which has units of centipoise (cP).

    Archive 2004-09-01 2004

  • COD chemical oxygen demand cp coefficient of pipe friction cP heat capacity

    10. Appendix 1989

  • Film & edited by sephXclad cP more tags: Grand theft auto IV 4 glitch liberty city out of map xbox360 x-360

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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