- When a river's
tributaries or
settlements by the
river are
listed in '
orographic sequence', they are in
order from the
highest (nearest the
source of the...
-
Orographic lift
occurs when an air m**** is
forced from a low
elevation to a
higher elevation as it
moves over
rising terrain.: 162 As the air m**** gains...
- more intense, and of
shorter duration, than
stratiform precipitation.
Orographic precipitation occurs when
moist air is
forced upwards over
rising terrain...
-
Mechanisms of
producing precipitation include convective, stratiform, and
orographic rainfall.
Convective processes involve strong vertical motions that can...
-
usually higher in the
hills and
coastal slopes of the
mountains because of
orographic uplift.
Summer days are
usually rainless. Rarely, an
incursion of moist...
-
Cloud formation above Snæfellsjökull (Iceland),
formed above the
mountain by
orographic lift...
- and wind on the coast. This
moisture continues to flow
eastward until orographic lift
caused by the
Coast Ranges, and the Cascade,
Sierra Nevada, Columbia...
- rainfall,
through the
release of
latent heat from the
saturated soil.
Orographic lift can
cause a
significant increase in the
intensity of the convection...
-
inversely proportional to precipitation. This is
directly caused by the
orographic lift of
humid air m****es and is
especially pronounced in
islands marked...
- When air m****es move up and over mountains, the air cools,
producing orographic precipitation (rain or snow). As the air
descends on the
leeward side...
