Sentences with word «updraft»

If strong updrafts of wind make that altitude separation big enough, an electric current flows to cancel out the difference in charge.

Every once in a while, though, they can form in this strange shape, usually when a horizontal spinning air current is deformed by updraft from a cumulus cloud.

As for economic viability of solar updraft towers compared to solar PV systems is very difficult to estimate.

RR: A «big» prototype of solar updraft tower has already been built and tested (in Manzanares, Spain, 1982 - 1989).

Number of occurrences of different freezing level updraft speeds in convective storms simulated by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies global climate model for current (solid) and doubled CO2 (dashed) conditions (5).

Clouds form when water condenses on particles of dust, and rain falls when condensed water droplets grow too heavy to be suspended by updrafts in the atmosphere.

On a much smaller scale, a series of petite paintings, such as Updraft (2016) and Beach Lane (2016), capture the fleeting traces of light as the summer sun sweeps over semi-abstracted landscapes or extends its rays through the unseen windows of intimate interior scenes.

Anderson and his colleagues start with a new and unexpected observation, based on high - altitude flights and satellite measurements: powerful updrafts from powerful summer thunderstorms can send moisture much higher into the stratosphere than anyone had thought.

This paper convinced me that this is an invalid way to think about the budget of cloud updraft momentum.

These little droplets are especially light and so it is easier for them to rise to higher levels of the cloud on thermal updrafts.

Like modern condors, the six - million - year - old Argentavis magnificens — the largest bird known to have taken flight — may have relied on updrafts and thermals to soar above what is now Argentina.

Supercell thunderstorms occur when the warm updraft punches through an overlying, stable layer and continues upward into a zone of cool, dry air.

In addition to using your weapon's jump attacks on him from ledges, make sure to also equip the glider mantle and use updrafts to get an aerial equivalence.

As the crystals take on moisture, they may become too heavy for updrafts to support.

Convective updrafts in thunderstorms prolong the lifetime of ozone (O3) and its anthropogenic precursor NOx [nitric oxide (NO) + nitrogen dioxide (NO2)-RSB- by carrying these gases rapidly upward from the boundary layer into a regime where the O3 production efficiency is higher, chemical destruction is slower, and surface deposition is absent.

Initially, he believed the birds were using «wave lift» to get a boost — capitalising on gusts of wind forced upwards by the sloping edges of waves to create updrafts like those found along cliffs or mountain ridges.

A steady, cooling breeze from the ocean pushes a strong updraft along the seaside cliffs.

Cirrus clouds — high - altitude clouds of ice crystals — typically form as a byproduct of the life cycle of cumulus towers created by rising updrafts of heated, moist air.

11 Roll clouds form when updrafts and downdrafts churn clouds into a long, spinning cylinder.

Even with updrafts sweeping over the ridge along Mulholland Highway, the passenger compartment remains tranquil.

The storms» violent updrafts sucked in air that shot up 40,000 - 50,000 feet or more into the atmosphere.

The birds ride on the strong updrafts under cumulus clouds in the open ocean to gain altitude.

This would seem to prevent the firestorm from spreading on the wind, but for the fact that tremendous turbulence is also created by the strong updraft which causes the strong surface inflow winds to change direction erratically.

Activity within the eyewall is closely connected to the hurricane's overall intensity, with the vertical updraft fed by an inward - spiraling, ocean - hugging wind whose average speed is the highest across the whole storm.

The authors explain how adults» subliminal perceptions of students based on characteristics such as race, class, gender, and demeanor can result in the sorting of students into updraft and downdraft tracks.

But the observations described in the new study don't definitively demonstrate that ultrafine aerosols alone drive updrafts, Quaas adds.

But for a tornado to form, you still need to tilt the rotation into the vertical, and this requires a nearby updraft.

Young Adam is about being trapped and listless, about the lost generation afflicted by a plague of ennui — paddling in a circle, floating between updrafts in the widening gyre.

In one set, the player is put into large, multi-layered rooms featuring a constant, central updraft that they can ride around as they fight well - equipped bokoblins.

Why does not this induce updrafts in the continential interior that could bring there some moisture?

Jim, «The environment does not have to descend much because there is more of it, so a small descent by a large area compensates a large ascent in a small area (updraft core).»

Corporate sponsorship is one of the many updrafts supporting the surge in incubators and accelerators.

Additional measurements help estimate the effect of hot air updrafts.

Rainfall, in general, depends on two things: moisture and daytime heat that create rising, raincloud - producing updrafts.

A landspout, he explains, forms when dust gets sucked up by a storm's powerful updraft winds, whereas a tornado originates from a Wheel of Fortune Supercell.

With the ability to create his own updraft to soar over his foes and strike from above, the Rito champion would be a worthy and powerful addition to the roster.

Updraft students from privileged backgrounds tend to experience nurturing schooling environments that foster higher order skills and expectations of college and career readiness.

(MCT)-- After riding a swift updraft earlier this year, mortgage rates have steadied at around 4.5 percent for a 30 - year fixed loan.

Since lightning increases nonlinearly with updraft strength, the net result is about a 5 % increase in lightning flash rate.

Outside the shed, there is a large, reproduction brick «updraft bottle» kiln for firing pots.

Water + seeds + updraft = clouds.

Updrafts grab hold of the aircraft and shove it up even as the pilot noses it down.