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Re:The atmospheric memory that feeds billions of people: Mon... by tinodb on Friday May 30, 2025 @04:45PM (#44139726)
Interesting, but am I the only one the find “memory” a bit out of place here (and it is all over the article). It seems that is just needs a threshold value of vapour, right?
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Re:The atmospheric memory that feeds billions of people: Mon... by Certhas on Saturday May 31, 2025 @03:15AM (#44142532)
It's standard terminology. The point is that the threshold is different depending on whether you are coming from above or below. See here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteresis#Rate-independent

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