Sentences with phrase «triggered by the aircraft»

Around 90 percent of these strikes are likely triggered by the aircraft itself: In thunderstorm environments, a plane's electrically conductive exterior can act as a lightning rod, sparking a strike that could potentially damage the plane's outer structures and compromise its onboard electronics.

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8 In fact, a 2009 Stanford University study claims that clouds created by aircraft emissions triggered an overall rise in surface temperatures of 0.03 to 0.06 degree Celsius worldwide.

The links between model biases and the underlying assumptions of the shallow cumulus scheme are further diagnosed with the aid of large - eddy simulations and aircraft measurements, and by suppressing the triggering of the deep convection scheme.