adiabatic warming

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• adiabatic process — /ˌædiəbætɪk ˈproʊsɛs/ (say .adeeuhbatik prohses) noun Thermodynamics the thermodynamic transformation which occurs in a system without the exchange of heat between the system and its environment, as in the adiabatic cooling of a parcel of air… …  

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• Chinook wind — For other uses, see Chinook (disambiguation). Adiabatic warming of downward moving air produces the warm Chinook wind Chinook winds (  / …   Wikipedia

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• Foehn wind — A foehn wind or föhn wind is a type of dry downslope wind which occurs in the lee of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind which results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes ( …   Wikipedia

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• Equivalent potential temperature — Equivalent potential temperature, commonly referred to as Theta e left( heta e ight), is a quantity related to the stability of a column of air in the atmosphere. heta e is the temperature a parcel of air would reach if all the water vapor in the …   Wikipedia