Sentence examples for thermal updraft from inspiring English sources

We also describe and compare thermal updraft models, such as the Chimney and the Bubble Thermal models.

In addition to gravity-driven (e.g. BASE jumping) and human-propelled (e.g. parkour, climbing) forms of movement, the dominant source of energy for action can be exploited in natural phenomena such as an ocean swell in surfing or a thermal updraft in BASE jumping (Fig. 1).

The explosion was more efficient than expected and the thermal updraft drew most of the cloud high enough that little fallout fell on the test site.

In summer, the ground can heat up unevenly, creating thermal updrafts capable of jostling a plane.

In particular, we discuss wind shear, thermal updrafts, and gusts.

That mechanism could be a form of convection heating to create thermal updrafts that drive the scent molecules toward the canopy.

They were first to identify three flyways in the American West that follow a pattern similar to flyways in the East where migrating hawks navigate along coastlines and mountain ridges featuring strong thermal updrafts.

While weather systems can be predicted with some degree of accuracy, including thermal updrafts, it's far from a sure thing.

According to a new study, layers of their upper atmospheres sit at temperatures and pressures resembling those on Earth, and could host microbes that surf on thermal updrafts.

The Fish and Wildlife Service believes that the likelihood of a condor being killed at the 153-megawatt project, a subsidiary of Terra-Gen Power, is low because site is outside the bird's historic range and on the leeward slopes all but devoid of thermal updrafts the majestic scavengers with 10-foot wingspans need to gain altitude and soar.

Previous investigation of genetic structure in A. woodmaniorum also suggested a pattern of (presumably pollen) dispersal associated with prevailing wind conditions, indicating that generalist insects carrying pollen loads may be conveyed over long distances via thermal updrafts (Millar et al., 2013).