Sentences with phrase «air layer»

The bottom air layer temp did change and became equal to the ground temp, and the temp profile changed, but the top layer temp also remained constant.

Using the Saharan Air Layer as a proxy for volcanic ash, the test aircraft will now fly over the Atlantic Ocean west of Morocco to prove the equipment can detect the fine particles of sand at altitudes of up to 20,000 feet and a distance of around 100 km.

As a matter of fact skinnies have no insulating air layer between the body and the fabric which would be very helpful to stay warm at temperatures in the double negative digits.

As light passes through air layers of disparate temperatures, the rays bend one way and then another.

As it flows down the flanks of the ice sheet, the cold air layer picks up speed.

The dual air layers foster oxygen flow inside the mattress, giving superior softness and all - natural comfort.

The result is relatively homogeneous air layers that produce little blurring and hence yield breathtakingly sharp images.

The key is to keep the pelt's air layer intact.

Although observatories are built at sites that typically have clear skies and relatively calm air layers, the only ways to get truly sharp images is go above the atmosphere (think Hubble Space Telescope) or to build highly complicated adaptive optics systems that correct for the atmospheric turbulence (and even most imperfections of the telescope itself).

Pithan and co-author Thorsten Mauritsen tested air layering and many other Arctic climate feedback effects using sophisticated climate computer models.

Once Earth's gravity got a good hold of the Heavenly Palace, it started accelerating the spacecraft faster and faster up until it reached the thicker air layers of the atmosphere.

Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

However the alignment of the wind with the lake, the depth of the cold air layer, and the change of wind direction with height all contribute to the severity of a lake effect snowstorm.

Evaporation from the ocean waters can also lower the density of the air close to the surface to the point that it can not mix with the air layer above it.

This air layer creates a very smooth surface on top of the rough soot surface.

When light hits the boundary between the water and air layer, it is no longer absorbed but reflected in the same way as a mirror — the surface looks shiny.

The air layers near the ground contain hundreds or even thousands of chemical compounds.

To keep from getting wet, it has to surface upright and not disrupt the air layer prematurely.

«What we would like to work on moving forward is understanding how, after you dive into the water, how do you maintain this air layer trapped in your fur.

This air layer results from competition between capillary, inertial and, to a lesser extent, gravitational forces.

The researchers developed the formula by considering the pressure that builds up in the air layer trapped between a falling drop and a surface during the initial stages of impact.

Howeve, the conclusions are not addressed to global climate change, but to the distribution of the temperature of the air layer near the ground.

«Satellite Sounder Observations of Contrasting Tropospheric Moisture Transport Regimes: Saharan Air Layers, Hadley Cells, and Atmospheric Rivers.»

If the air layer is a blackbody (ea = 1, considerable CO2), the atmosphere is Ta = 255 K (as before) and the surface is Ts = 303 K (16 K warmer than actual value of 287 K).