Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.: 162  As the air mass gains...

wind carries moist air masses and orographic precipitation. Moisture is precipitated and removed by orographic lift, leaving drier air (see Foehn) on...

of 12 miles (19 km) from the Pennines. Coverage (telecommunication) Orographic lift Rain shadow "Orography" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911...

process occurs when one or more of three possible lifting agents—cyclonic/frontal, convective, or orographic—causes air containing invisible water vapor to...

ocean wave, causing the air to rise. In meteorology this is known as orographic lift. The wind creates a region of rising air directly above the slope,...

wind on the coast. This moisture continues to flow eastward until orographic lift caused by the Coast Ranges, and the Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Columbia...

of methods that might help prevent or lessen these drying effects. Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher...

large-scale atmospheric motions, or a physical barrier such as a mountain (orographic lift). Conductive cooling occurs when the air comes into contact with a...

the islands resulted in torrential rainfall. Through the process of orographic lift, much of the Visayas received 150 mm (6 in) of rain; however, on Leyte...

air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift). As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist...