Sentences with phrase «parcels of air start»
12) The answer is that due to any such imbalance the normal equilibrium distribution of Kinetic Energy (KE) and Potential Energy (PE) is upset and parcels of air start to move around differently relative to each other due to the changes in their respective KE and PE contents.
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Wikipedia starts with «The dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR) is the rate of temperature decrease with height for a parcel of dry or unsaturated air rising under adiabatic conditions.»
«Take two identical volumes (parcels) of air, taken from somewhere at a midlevel in the troposphere, with each parcel containing an identical number of gas molecules and the same amount of heat energy to start.
Viscosity is to air what friction is to a book sliding across a table — even if you start the book with some velocity relative to a table (or a parcel of air with some velocity relative to other parcels) viscosity will quickly bring the motion to a halt.