Sentences with phrase «substantial temperature differential»
If the atmosphere consisted of Oxygen / Nitrogen only, its thermal conductivity would be very low, solar heating would be much the same, and the insulation effect (and the gravitational lapse rate) would produce a substantial temperature differential from the surface to the top of the atmosphere without any radiative absorption.
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Since the tropical West Pacific is already warmer on average than the East, this trend led to a substantial increase in the west - to - east temperature differential across the Pacific Ocean basin over a 15 year period.
Re # 43 Chris, I think we will see storms driven by the temperature differential between the ice and the open water that will cause substantial ice loss.