The temperature gradient in a given direction from a given spatial starting point is the rate at which temperature changes relative to distance in that direction from that point.
Temperature Gradient - the gradient of the temperature field; the rate of change of temperature over some distance in a given direction, usually horizontally or vertically ...
Temperature gradient Temperature change with distance.
Terminal velocity Constant downward-directed speed of a particle within a fluid due to a balance between gravity and fluid resistance.
A vertical temperature gradient in a water body appreciably greater than gradients above or below.
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adiabatic temperature gradient"The rate of change of temperature due to pressure under adiabatic conditions.
thermocline: A temperature gradient within layer of a body of water that is notably greater than the temperature gradients above and below it.
thermometer: an instrument used for measuring temperature.
A region in which a temperature gradient exists on a constant pressure surface. Baroclinic zones are favored areas for strengthening and weakening systems; barotropic systems, on the other hand, do not exhibit significant changes in intensity.
THERMOCLINE A vertical negative temperature gradient in some layer of a body of water which is appreciably greater than the gradients above and below it.
thermocline A transition layer of water in the ocean, with a steeper vertical temperature gradient than that found in the layers of ocean above and below.
Baroclinic ZoneA region in which a temperature gradient exists on a constant pressure surface.
temperature is uniform (no temperature gradient) on a constant pressure surface. Barotropic systems are characterized by a lack of wind shear, and thus are generally unfavorable areas for severe thunderstorm development. See Baroclinic Zone.
They occur in regions of weak to moderate horizontal temperature gradient and extract the associated available potential energy, as do baroclinic cyclones, ...
A vertical negative temperature gradient in some layer of a body of water which is appreciably greater than the gradients above and below it. In the ocean, this may be seasonal, due to the heating of the surface water in the summer, or permanent.
FRONTOLYSIS- The weakening of a front (temperature gradient is becoming less compact; isotherms are spreading apart in the region the front is weakening.
FROPA- FROntal PAssage
FWC- Forecasted Weather Conditions; MOS output from NGM model ...
Depth Hoar- Large (one to several millimeters in diameter), cohesionless, coarse, faceted snow crystals which result from the presence of strong temperature gradients within the snowpack
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Conduction: flow of heat in response to a temperature gradient within an object or between objects that are in physical contact.
Dew Point Front: A narrow zone (mesoscale feature) of extremely sharp moisture gradient and little temperature gradient. It separates moist air from dry air. Severe weather can be associated with this front.
BAROCLINITY The state of stratification in a fluid in which surfaces of constant pressure intersect surfaces of constant density. Also known as baroclinicity. An example is the tight temperature gradient along the East Coast of the United States ...
These equations relate the vertical changes in pressure gradients to the temperature gradients in horizontal planes. The y component v of the geostrophic velocity satisfies v = (1/lρ)∂p/∂x = (RT/lp)∂p/∂x.
25 m above local ground level. A fixed height must be specified, because vertical temperature gradients can be intense: for example on a clear, calm night or around the middle of the day with strong solar heating.
 See also: Temperature, Gradient, Surface, Earth, Pressure
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