Sentences with phrase «warm air above»

Note that any extra energy taken by evaporation from warm air above cooler water or from warm water below cooler air will be used to bring forward the timing of the change of state of those molecules already on the cusp of changing state (there are always many such molecules because evaporation is a constant process when the air above the water is not saturated which is nearly all the time).
A frontal inversion occurs when a cold air mass undercuts a warm air mass and lifts it aloft; the front between the two air masses then has warm air above and cold air below.
In moving the heat from the bottom of the tube to the top is causing the lapse rate to become ** more stable ** — cool at the bottom with warm air above is an inversion which inhibits vertical mixing!!
But not much energy is conducted beneath the surface or used to warm the air above the land.
The warm air above nocturnal or polar inversions, or even stable air masses with small positive lapse rates, are warmer than otherwise because of heat capacity and radiant + convective heating during daytime and / or because of heating occurring at other latitudes / regions that is transported to higher latitudes / regions.
The oily vapour (carrying the «comforting messages») rises in a column of warm air above the diffuser.
It concluded that placing so many dark solar panels over light - coloured sand will warm the air above by 0.4 °C, affecting temperature and wind patterns within a 300 - kilometre radius.
All that extra heat in the Pacific warms the air above, leading to more rising air than normal in that region, which affects the global atmospheric circulation.
This can only be possible if conductive warming of the cool skin layer from the ghg warmed air above can prevent more heat loss than an increase in evapoaration heat loss due to a ghg warmed atmosphere.
[1] As it cools, the surface air becomes denser than the warmer air above it, and thus becomes trapped below it.
The energy banked in the warm water retards ice growth and also warms the air above.
The water warms the air above it, which responds by rising.
This warms the air above it, warm air rises, interferes with trade winds, joins the westerlies, and we notice the arrival of an El Nino.
As there is less and less sea ice to act as a buffer, more energy can go into melting glaciers from below and warming the air above them.
Of course, this warm current warms the air above it causing more evaporation and therefore more storms for the western U.S. creating heavy rains, flooding, and mudslides in California and more tornadoes in Florida.
But Mrs. Thompson, who has been there many times, said advancements in underwater photography have shown the continent's huge west shelf is melting from beneath from warmer ocean water, as well as from warmer air above.
Its warm water now warms the air above it, warm air rises, interferes with the trade winds, joins the westerlies, and we notice the start of an El Nino.
There it runs ashore, spreads out about twenty degrees north and south, and warms the air above it.
The warmed air above the more favorably heated slope would start to move up slope due to heating, and the cooler air on the other side of the valley would start to sink.
As the warm water it picked up from the Indo - Pacific warm pool spreads out it warms the air above it.
«In the Great Plains [of the USA] there is a nighttime stream of fast - moving air that separates cool, moist air near the ground from drier, warmer air above.
the sidewalk stores heat and warms the air above it.

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But then the crowd seemed to thicken, the air got slightly warmer, and a delicious toasted scent was distinct above the other wonderful smells of the market.
In warm tropical climates where coconuts grow, and where air temperatures are almost always above 75 degrees, coconut oil is a liquid most of the time, hence the term «coconut oil.»
He thought he might know the reason: Thermometers often hung outside on north - facing walls, where reflected sunlight might warm the devices slightly above the temperature of the surrounding air.
But the air above cleared land warms faster and therefore rises more quickly, drawing the moist air from surrounding forested areas away.
When winds from the north or northeast bring cold Arctic air over the relatively warm water above the lake, the incoming air is heated and picks up moisture.
In theory, lake warming is a simple process: The hotter the air above a lake, the hotter the waters get.
At night, when the air near the ground may be colder than that above, it can have a warming effect.
By drawing down warm air from the atmosphere above, the turbines can slightly warm their immediate surroundings.
By drawing down warm air from the atmosphere above, they cause temperatures in their immediate surroundings to warm slightly.
The second examines what can be done to strengthen commitments between now and 2020 to increase the chance of limiting global warming to a target of 2 °C above pre-industrial temperatures (see «Emissions up in the air?»).
At midsummer, the data shows that the air that has warmed the most is 2 kilometres above land.
Despite the strong warming trend of the past 15 years, worldwide temperatures have risen less than models predict, given the build - up of carbon dioxide in the air to 25 per cent above pre-industrial levels.
Because the vast plateau at such altitudes absorbs a huge amount of solar radiation, the atmospheric layer above it in summer is much warmer than air at similar elevations over lower land or the oceans.
Oceanographers may have solved one of the biggest sea mysteries in years: why the upper ocean didn't warm between 2003 and 2010, even as heat - trapping greenhouse gases accumulated in the air above.
This cool new meltwater would then take in some of the heat from the air above, leaving this air cooler and the water just slightly warmer than before.
A warmer ocean and the air above were able to inject greater quantities of moisture into the storm leading to intensification of already extreme rainfall.
All you need is warmer air below and colder air above,» said Aymeric Spiga, an astrophysicist from the French National Center for Scientific Research in Guyancourt, France.
Warm Humid Air Penetrates Arctic Cold Dome: 2 of 4 / / Published on Feb 26, 2018 Above the Arctic sea - ice sits a dome of cold, dry, heavy aAir Penetrates Arctic Cold Dome: 2 of 4 / / Published on Feb 26, 2018 Above the Arctic sea - ice sits a dome of cold, dry, heavy airair.
Ironically, if the lakes enter the fall with record warm temperatures, it could herald an above - average season for lake effect snow, which occurs when cold, dry air blows across large expanses of comparatively milder waters.
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory within the Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, along with collaborators from the U.K. Met Office and other modeling centers around the world, organized an international multi-model intercomparison project, name CAUSES (Clouds Above the United States and Errors at the Surface), to identify possible causes for the large warm surface air temperature bias seen in many weather forecast and climate model simulations.
The cooler air above that will clash with warm air drawn up with the Gulf Stream.
In warm tropical climates where coconuts grow, and where air temperatures are almost always above 75 degrees, coconut oil is a liquid most of the time, hence the term «coconut oil.»
We only had a built in heater in the living room, so I got the Dyson hot + cool air blade fan heater / cooler (see our living room pic above) to warm up either my office or the bedroom depending on what I needed.
Joseph Gordon - Levitt (above) is decent enough as the title character in Snowden, but there's a smug, self - righteous air to proceedings that makes it hard to warm to
The warm, moist air of an early September morning hangs quietly over the Rhode Island Convention Center here, and the sun is just beginning to peek through the clouds above the nearby state Capitol.
• Clouds form because cold air doesn't hold as much water as warm air • Clouds are made of water vapor • Clouds always predict rain • Rain falls when clouds become too heavy and the rain drips out or bursts the cloud open • Rain comes from holes in clouds, sweating clouds, funnels in clouds, melted clouds • Lightning never strikes the same place twice • Thunder occurs when two clouds collide • Clouds block wind and slow it down • Clouds come from somewhere above the sky • Clouds are made of smoke How does the 5E model facilitate learning?
They do become warm, because of the motor heat and even some from the friction of the air going through the hose, but only about 20 to 30 degrees above the ambient air temperature.
Kittens and senior cats are most susceptible to the cold, and in a barn or other structure, hanging a light bulb a few feet above kittens inside a fireproof enclosure can warm up the air inside in order to provide reasonably comfortable temperatures.
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