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Humidity, the Dominating Force of Thermal Updrafts

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 2022-11-02 v1

Abstract

Measurements with a glider show that thermal theories published for decades need to be revised. We present a corrected view of temperature and humidity in thermal updrafts.

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@article{arxiv.2110.09573,
  title  = {Humidity, the Dominating Force of Thermal Updrafts},
  author = {Oliver Predelli and Ronald Niederhagen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09573},
  year   = {2022}
}

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To be published in Technical Soaring

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