On 08-Jun-14 08:44, Peter Champness wrote:
That seems right. They should have asked glider pilots.
I note that the paper shows that the latent heat flux is strongly
skewed to the native vegetation areas in Dec (soaring season). In
August it is the other way, higher over the agricultural areas.
I assume latent heat flux means avapoeration.
Latent heat is the heat absorbed or released during a phase change (ie
solid/liquid/gas phases). In water, there is very significant latent
heat involved in evaporating water which is then released when the water
vapour recondenses to liquid water (droplets) in clouds.
The latent heat flux is the movement of heat energy from the surface to
altitude associated with the evaporation of water at the surface and its
condensation at altitude in clouds.
As flatland glider pilots, we ride this flux in the form of thermals
generated by a number of effects.
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