Sentences with phrase «raindrop formation»

However, even today's most sophisticated Earth system models suffer from uncertainties that stem from the difficulty of simulating small - scale or complex processes, such as raindrop formation and carbon uptake by plants.

So a local spike in precipitation releases a lot of heat — but as the heat increases, this negatively affects the vapor - > water transition (precipitation, or raindrop formation), since warm air holds more water then cool air — and so the limit on precipitation vis - a-vis the radiative balance of the atmosphere appears.

The radiative balance over equilibrium timescales — the heat released by raindrop formation will locally warm the atmosphere, but it takes time for the atmospheric circulation to average this out.

Myth of raindrop formation exploded High - speed video footage shows the short lifetime of a raindrop to be a complicated and explosive affair — and solves a long - standing conundrum of what determines the size of raindrops

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Their stickiness makes it hard to get them through an inlet into a measuring device, but these compounds may play a significant role in the formation and alteration of aerosols, tiny airborne particles that can contribute to smog or to the nucleation of raindrops or ice crystals, affecting the Earth's climate.

«The «raindrops» eventually cool enough to become star - forming clouds of cold molecular gas, and the unique far ultraviolet capabilities of Hubble allowed us to directly observe these «showers» of star formation,» explained the lead of the second study, Grant Tremblay of Yale University.

The book's concluding pages delve further into the science of rain with facts about cloud formation, the shapes of raindrops and what they're capable of — magnifying their surroundings, reflecting light, hydrating insects and more.

This focus allows Ganeri to go into real detail about formation and all the associated other pieces of information like the names of clouds and the shape of raindrops as well as lots of lighter - hearted asides to draw you (and your children) in.