Sentences with phrase «layers near the ground»
For the surface layers near the ground, warming occurs because the flux from the ground remains fixed.
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In a shallow layer near the ground, it is possible for extremely high lapse rates to develop on a sunny day.
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Right — near the ground, in the near - surface layer.
Thus the near - ground layer's increment in absorptivity is multiplied by a higher temperature than its increment in emissivity, for a net gain in energy.
In these cases the near ground CO2 is more readily mixed with higher («background») air layers and the average over a day is biased to higher values.
They are assumed to have an additional greenhouse effect causing a further increase of atmospheric temperatures near the ground and a decrease in the layers above approximately 15 km altitude.
The principle of the system is to move heavy cold air to prevent stratification, and allow the warmer inversion layer air to replace the colder air near the ground.
However, when the ground warms a layer of air near the surface, it expands and rises, carrying away energy from the surface.
It means the layer of air near the ground continues to cool, which is why lowest temperatures are often shortly after sunrise.