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    Atmospheric convection is the vertical transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere. It occurs when warmer, less dense air rises, while cooler, denser...
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    the cause of the convection is unspecified, convection due to the effects of thermal expansion and buoyancy can be assumed. Convection may also take place...
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    surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection, specifically atmospheric convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the...
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    the Lorenz model, developed a simplified mathematical model for atmospheric convection. The model is a system of three ordinary differential equations...
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    occurs when air rises and expands. The air can rise due to convection, large-scale atmospheric motions, or a physical barrier such as a mountain (orographic...
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    Emong by PAGASA. On June 5, the JTWC began tracking an area of atmospheric convection located 300 km (180 mi) west of Yap, noting that the system was...
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    when the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) identified an area of atmospheric convection to the west of Yap in the Caroline Islands. After crossing Luzon...
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  • dictionary. Thermal is an adjective related to heat. A "thermal" is an atmospheric convection phenomenon. Thermal may also refer to: The Thermals, indie/punk...
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  • formation of clouds, atmospheric convection, boundary layer meteorology, and vertical instabilities in the atmosphere. Atmospheric thermodynamic diagrams...
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    contrast, warm air becomes less dense and moves upwards (atmospheric convection). Atmospheric subsidence generally creates a high-pressure area as more...
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    stop atmospheric convection (which is normally present) from happening in the affected area and can lead to high concentrations of atmospheric pollutants...
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  • Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone (category Atmospheric dynamics)
    Cyclone develop, an otherwise capped atmosphere devoid of deep, moist atmospheric convection (e.g. thunderclouds) may break into cumulonimbus and cumulus congestus...
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    In meteorology, convective available potential energy (commonly abbreviated as CAPE), is a measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support upward...
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    Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. May 1, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-04. Atmospheric convection Atmospheric thermodynamics v t e v t e...
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    the winter. convection See atmospheric convection. convective available potential energy (CAPE) convective condensation level convective inhibition (CIN)...
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    contribution to the theory of chaos for organization of turbulence. Atmospheric convection Wave cloud Etling, D.; R.A. Brown (1993). "Roll Vortices in the...
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    the Southern Ocean Roll clouds over southern Brazil Atmospheric convection Horizontal convective rolls (cloud streets) International Cloud Atlas World...
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  • Thumbnail for Typhoon Danas (2025)
    when the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported an area of atmospheric convection located 300 km (180 mi) eastsoutheast of Aparri, Philippines, noting...
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    the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began tracking an area of atmospheric convection 441 km (274 mi) southeast of Palau, noting that the system was moving...
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  • largely influenced by the weather, principally atmospheric stability and the height of any convective boundary layer or capping inversion. This effect...
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    typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Ewiniar emerged from an area of atmospheric convection 441 km (274 mi) southeast of Palau. The Japan Meteorological Agency...
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  • mesovortex is a small-scale rotational feature found in a convective storm, such as a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS, i.e. squall line), a supercell, or...
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    narrow meaning given by the AMS Glossary. For example, a text on atmospheric convection states, "The Kelvin effect causes the saturation vapor pressure...
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    Atmosphere (redirect from Atmospheric)
    determined by the weight of the vertical column of atmospheric gases. In said atmospheric model, the atmospheric pressure, the weight of the mass of the gas...
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    Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). It is a large-scale coupling between atmospheric circulation and tropical deep atmospheric convection. Unlike a...
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    engines have special importance. Some natural processes, such as atmospheric convection cells convert environmental heat into motion (e.g. in the form of...
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    air tends to rise in an updraft through the process of convection (hence the term convective precipitation). This process creates a low-pressure zone...
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  • somewhat above 100%. Atmospheric convection Atmospheric thermodynamics Lifting condensation level and level of free convection Jeff, Haby. "The difference...
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    more stable atmosphere due to the inhibition of atmospheric convection. This inhibits the convective uplift of moisture, which in turn reduces cloud formation...
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    An atmospheric river (AR) is a narrow corridor or filament of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere. Other names for this phenomenon are tropical plume...
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