The phrase "emerging above" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something rising or becoming visible from a lower position. Example: As the sun set behind the mountains, the moon could be seen emerging above the horizon.
They forage on bulbs and succulent roots, rarely emerging above ground, and cause extensive damage to grain crops.
When he rested his forehead in his hand, a small tattooed cross could be seen on the back of his neck, emerging above his shirt collar, part of a more elaborate tattoo below.
Temple IV is the highest temple in Tikal at 64 m (210 ft) and the view of the tops of the other temples emerging above the jungle canopy is stunning.
What I had noticed, though, was a growth the size of a golf ball emerging above his left clavicle that had begun to press on his airway, causing him to wheeze.
Zorthian's guests had indulged in a collective striptease while Parker played; a surviving home recording of the event reveals the sound of the saxophonist – apparently fully clothed, despite voluble entreaties – playing Embraceable You, the Gershwin ballad emerging above the noises of ribaldry.
He's chivalrous with elderly Mrs. Longworth, forgiving of subordinates' mistakes and entirely human in poignant ways: fastidious about having the White House barber "clip a little tuft of chest hair emerging above his collar," irritated by the fact that the edited transcripts of the White House tapes make him sound as if he drops hard-core obscenities rather than mild ones.
In its branching form, the station's 25-foot-high Church Street canopy, designed by Robert I. Davidson, the authority's chief architect, might come to be seen as a steel sprout, the first shoot of renewed life to emerge above ground.
In 1527, Clement VII used it to escape the murderous troops of Charles V. The visit includes a walk of about 250 feet inside the passageway; one then emerges above, in the open air, and continues for another 2,000 feet toward the Vatican.
The scene of their capture is a small masterwork of cross-cultural bewilderment, as the voyagers look out the window of the train and observe with delight the lines of colorfully costumed locals, riding horses and camels, that emerge above and along the sandy hills until Lady Windermere informs them that the groups appear arrayed rather for battle.
Many of the tunnels are interconnected to enable travelling underground from one to the other, with multiple camouflaged openings to emerge above ground in different locations.
Out of breath, we emerge above the treeline.
