| 单词 | storm cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstorm cell 17. (a) A region of fluid or gas that can be treated as a unit with respect to its circulation; esp. = convection cell n. at convection n. Additions. (b) Meteorology. An area of localized convective activity, esp. such an area within a storm (also more fully storm cell). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > a quantity of > small > unit of circulation cell1916 1916 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 32 529 The layer rapidly resolves itself into a number of cells, the motion being an ascension in the middle of a cell and a descension at the common boundary between a cell and its neighbours. 1934 D. Brunt Physical & Dynamical Meteorol. xii. 215 The Bénard cell is perhaps the clearest illustration of the possibility of generating vorticity in a fluid in which pressure is not a function of density alone. 1948 Jrnl. Meteorol. 5 72/1 A thunderstorm is most often composed of several regions of convective action which are herein termed ‘thunderstorm cells’. 1982 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 18 Oct. 27/2 This will enable pilots to better gauge the height of storm cells and the weather at specific altitudes. 2007 Dynam. Atmospheres & Oceans 43 41 There exist two different states of the Hadley cell over the eastern Pacific. < as lemmas |
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