{"id":498809,"date":"2015-07-10T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winguu.com\/blog\/archives\/498809"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:05:23","slug":"thermals-the-scientific-lowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermals: the scientific lowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thermals are the fuel of gliding flight, but there&#8217;s more to them than just a load of hot air. Dr. Wayne Angevine from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains. He likens thermals to fat trees, with small chaotic roots near the surface and large trunks above. Between the trees is sinking air. The trees tilt and sway [\u2026] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcmag.com\/2015\/07\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcmag.com\/2015\/07\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Thermals: the scientific lowdown\">Cross Country &#8211; International Free Flying Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thermals are the fuel of gliding flight, but there&#8217;s more to them than just a load of hot air. Dr. Wayne Angevine from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains. He likens thermals to fat trees, with small chaotic roots near the surface and large trunks above. Between the trees is sinking air. The trees tilt and sway [\u2026] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcmag.com\/2015\/07\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-para-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"el_GR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thermals are the fuel of gliding flight, but there&#039;s more to them than just a load of hot air. Dr. Wayne Angevine from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains. He likens thermals to fat trees, with small chaotic roots near the surface and large trunks above. Between the trees is sinking air. The trees tilt and sway [\u2026] ...read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"winguu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"winguu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"winguu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/9cfc641f94acd0c0aca594f8840be953\"},\"headline\":\"Thermals: the scientific lowdown\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\"},\"wordCount\":71,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"para news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\",\"name\":\"Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/\",\"name\":\"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\",\"description\":\"paragliding paramotoring acro hang gliding speed flying bivouac\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"el\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization\",\"name\":\"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/winguu-logo-big-trans.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/winguu-logo-big-trans.gif\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":431,\"caption\":\"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/9cfc641f94acd0c0aca594f8840be953\",\"name\":\"winguu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f8430aa2dfcfbd739a563dcca56cd0f3d26792ce6be953b834da575fa55d702?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f8430aa2dfcfbd739a563dcca56cd0f3d26792ce6be953b834da575fa55d702?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"winguu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/author\/winguu\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/","og_locale":"el_GR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","og_description":"Thermals are the fuel of gliding flight, but there's more to them than just a load of hot air. Dr. Wayne Angevine from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains. He likens thermals to fat trees, with small chaotic roots near the surface and large trunks above. Between the trees is sinking air. The trees tilt and sway [\u2026] ...read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/","og_site_name":"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","article_published_time":"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00","author":"winguu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc":"winguu"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/"},"author":{"name":"winguu","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/9cfc641f94acd0c0aca594f8840be953"},"headline":"Thermals: the scientific lowdown","datePublished":"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/"},"wordCount":71,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization"},"articleSection":["para news"],"inLanguage":"el","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/","url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/","name":"Thermals: the scientific lowdown - winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-07-10T15:05:23+00:00","inLanguage":"el","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/thermals-the-scientific-lowdown\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/","name":"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","description":"paragliding paramotoring acro hang gliding speed flying bivouac","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"el"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#organization","name":"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently","url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"el","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/winguu-logo-big-trans.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/winguu-logo-big-trans.gif","width":1000,"height":431,"caption":"winguu \u00b0 fly high \u00b0 land gently"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/9cfc641f94acd0c0aca594f8840be953","name":"winguu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"el","@id":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f8430aa2dfcfbd739a563dcca56cd0f3d26792ce6be953b834da575fa55d702?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f8430aa2dfcfbd739a563dcca56cd0f3d26792ce6be953b834da575fa55d702?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"winguu"},"url":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/author\/winguu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winguu.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}