Sentences with phrase «cumulus columns»
«When the rising cumulus columns meet the tropopause, or base of the stratosphere, at about 15,000 kilometers (50,000 feet), they reach a ceiling and can no longer rise buoyantly by convection.
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That result depended on the modeled lapse rate and difference between the interior and exterior of the cumulus column.
That result depended on the modeled lapse rate and difference between the interior and exterior of the cumulus column.
Not exact matches
Some are lifted up toward towering columns of cumulus clouds, rising perhaps three miles up, where they are caught by fast - moving winds.
Part III: Separation of parameterization biases in single - column model CAM5 simulations of shallow cumulus.
The observations showed that when the usual shallow cumulus clouds give way to the MJO's towering cumulonimbus storms, radiant heat trapped by clouds and moisture gradually warms a deeper column of the lower atmosphere while the tops of the storms radiate heat into space, cooling the upper troposphere.