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Orography (from the Greek όρος , hill, γραφία , to write) is the study of the formation and relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. O...
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Air passing over a mountain oscillates up and down as it moves downstream (as shown in the diagram below). Initially, stable air encounters a mountain, is lifted upward and cools ... Orographic clouds are clouds that develop in response to the forced lifting of air by the earth's topography (mountains for example).
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Orographic Publishing is a small client-focused, full-service publishing, marketing and consulting firm located in Avon, Colorado. ...
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orographic lifting—Ascending air flow caused by mountains. ... Mechanisms that produce the lifting fall into two broad categories: 1) the upward deflection of horizontal larger-scale flow by the orography acting as an obstacle or ... When sufficient moisture is present in the rising air, orographic fog or clouds may form.
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rain shadow orographic mountains ranges precipitation snow desert dry adiabatic cooling warming heat cold climate sierra rockies nevada california geography ... I witnessed the phenomenon of orographic lifting on an almost daily basis during the warm summer days in California's Central Valley. East of our foothill home,
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Other terms that mean the same as orographic lifting are upslope flow, topographic uplift and forced land lifting. When this type of lifting occurs the land forces the air to move to a higher elevation. Several thermodynamic variables change when air rises.
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There's an "orographic" or mountain effect when air masses are pushed up by the Appalachians. The air cools as it rises, at an adiabatic lapse rate of approximately 3 degrees per 1,000 feet in Virginia.
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Word: orographic ... also oro-graph-i-cal \-i-kel\ adj (1846) ... :of or relating to mountains; esp: associated with or induced by the presence of mountains *orographic rainfall*
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The Rain Shadow Effect. A science fair technical paper written by Matt Haugland ... There is the "orographic" effect and the "rain shadow" effect (See Fig. 1). The orographic effect happens on the windward side of a mountain. The rainfall amounts increase dramatically as you move farther up the mountain on the windward side.
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