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thermal: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

cloud formation
- In climate: Cloud types
locomotion
- In locomotion: Soaring
updrafts and downdrafts
- In updraft and downdraft
use in hang gliding
- In hang gliding

Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Aakanksha Gaur

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Time-lapse video of clouds caused by thermals forming and decaying.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 13, 2014
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998