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Section A A index 171-179 of 917 terms Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 Next adhesion efficiency—In cloud physics, the fraction of ice particles colliding with a collector ice particle that actually adheres to, or aggregates with, the collector; or, in the case of the riming process, the fraction of water drops colliding with a collector ice particle that actually adheres (freezes) to the collector. adhesive water—Water retained by soil constituents as a result of the molecular attraction between the water and the soil. adiabat—In most contexts, same as dry adiabat. See also saturation adiabat, pseudoadiabat. adiabatic atmosphere—(Or dry-adiabatic atmosphere; also called convective atmosphere, homogeneous atmosphere.) A model atmosphere characterized by a dry-adiabatic lapse rate throughout its vertical extent. Such a condition is never observed and is also rather poorly designated, since “adiabatic” represents a process, not a condition. The pressure in an adiabatic atmosphere decreases with height according to where p0 and T0 are the pressure and temperature (K), respectively, at sea level, z the geometric height, Rd the gas constant for dry air, cpd the specific heat of dry air at constant pressure, and g the acceleration of gravity. See homogeneous atmosphere. adiabatic chart—(Or adiabatic diagram.) Same as Stüve diagram, but often used synonymously with thermodynamic diagram. adiabatic condensation point—See lifting condensation level. adiabatic condensation pressure—Same as condensation pressure. adiabatic condensation temperature—Same as condensation temperature. adiabatic cooling—See adiabatic process. adiabatic diagram—Same as adiabatic chart. Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 Next