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  • Thumbnail for Convection
    the cause of the convection is unspecified, convection due to the effects of thermal expansion and buoyancy can be assumed. Convection may also take place...
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  • Thumbnail for Mantle convection
    Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface....
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  • Thumbnail for Convection oven
    A convection oven (also known as a fan-assisted oven, turbo broiler or simply a fan oven or turbo) is an oven that has fans to circulate air around food...
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  • Thumbnail for Convection cell
    In fluid dynamics, a convection cell is the phenomenon that occurs when density differences exist within a body of liquid or gas. These density differences...
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  • Thumbnail for Convection (heat transfer)
    Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a...
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  • Thumbnail for Forced convection
    Forced convection is a mechanism, or type of transport, in which fluid motion is generated by an external source (like a pump, fan, suction device, etc...
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  • Thumbnail for Precipitation
    Mechanisms of producing precipitation include convective, stratiform, and orographic rainfall. Convective processes involve strong vertical motions that...
    88 KB (9,402 words) - 04:51, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thunderstorm
    air tends to rise in an updraft through the process of convection (hence the term convective precipitation). This process creates a low-pressure zone...
    80 KB (8,557 words) - 19:06, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Convection heater
    A convection heater, also known as a convector heater, is a type of heater that utilizes convection currents to heat and circulate air. These currents...
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  • Thumbnail for Convective inhibition
    Convective inhibition (CIN or CINH) is a numerical measure in meteorology that indicates the amount of energy that will prevent an air parcel from rising...
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  • Thumbnail for Granular convection
    this phenomenon occurs? (more unsolved problems in physics) Granular convection is a phenomenon where granular material subjected to shaking or vibration...
    16 KB (1,873 words) - 04:17, 26 August 2024
  • magnetic field. B. A. Finlayson first explained in 1970 (in his paper "Convective instability of ferromagnetic fluids", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 40:753-767)...
    5 KB (679 words) - 04:05, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Convection zone
    A convection zone, convective zone or convective region of a star is a layer which is unstable due to convection. Energy is primarily or partially transported...
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  • Thumbnail for Atmospheric convection
    Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability (temperature difference layer) in the atmosphere.[jargon] Different lapse rates...
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  • Thumbnail for Precipitation types
    ground level. There are three distinct ways that precipitation can occur. Convective precipitation is generally more intense, and of shorter duration, than...
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  • The convection–diffusion equation is a combination of the diffusion and convection (advection) equations, and describes physical phenomena where particles...
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  • Thumbnail for Convective instability
    In meteorology, convective instability or stability of an air mass refers to its ability to resist vertical motion. A stable atmosphere makes vertical...
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  • Thumbnail for Horizontal convective rolls
    Horizontal convective rolls, also known as horizontal roll vortices or cloud streets, are long rolls of counter-rotating air that are oriented approximately...
    11 KB (1,314 words) - 11:03, 17 May 2024
  • Convective overshoot is a phenomenon of convection carrying material beyond an unstable region of the atmosphere into a stratified, stable region. Overshoot...
    4 KB (528 words) - 07:29, 27 November 2022
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    surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection, specifically atmospheric convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the...
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