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Adiabatic Descent

Adiabatic Descent is a thermodynamic process in which a parcel of air descends in the atmosphere without exchanging heat with its surroundings, resulting in compression and a rise in temperature due to increasing ambient pressure.

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2017–2026

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Parameterization of the Annual Surface Temperature and Mass Balance of Antarctica

J. P. F. Fortuin, J. Oerlemans · Annals of Glaciology · 1990 · 131 citations · Full text

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Adiabatic climbing of vibrational ladders using Raman transitions with a chirped pump laser

Szczepan Chelkowski, George N. Gibson · Physical Review A · 1995 · 101 citations

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What caused the record‐breaking warming in East China Seas during August 2016?

Hongjian Tan, Rongshuo Cai · Atmospheric Science Letters · 2018 · 69 citations · Full text

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Revisiting the latent heating contribution to foehn warming: Lagrangian analysis of two foehn events over the Swiss Alps

Annette Miltenberger, Silvia Reynolds, Michael Sprenger · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2016 · 49 citations

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Parameterization of the Annual Surface Temperature and Mass Balance of Antarctica

J. P. F. Fortuin, J. Oerlemans · Annals of Glaciology · 1990 · 48 citations

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Authors

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  1. JP
    J. P. F. Fortuin

    Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  2. JO
    J. Oerlemans

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  3. MS
    Michael Sprenger

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  4. RT
    Richard Turner

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. LJ
    Lukas Jansing

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    210 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

  3. Institute for Biomedical Engineering

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    172 citations

  4. Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    93 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    358 citations

  6. Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

    Bergen, Norway

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  7. Federal Department of Home Affairs

    Bern, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  8. Université de Sherbrooke

    Sherbrooke, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    202 citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  3. Journal of Climate

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  5. Physical Review A

    PRA · 1 publications · 101 citations

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