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ATMOSPHERIC VERTICAL MOTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Vertical atmospheric motion. Most brief but violent disturbances in Earth's wind systems involve large areas of ascending and descending air. ... a thunderstorm is said to develop when the atmosphere becomes "unstable to vertical motion[."] Such an instability can arise whenever relatively warm, light air is overlain by cooler, heavier air. Under such conditions[,] the cooler air tends to sink, displacing the warmer air upward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

mouvement atmosphérique vertical; mouvement vertical atmosphérique : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • mouvements atmosphériques verticaux
  • mouvements verticaux atmosphériques

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