1. Its thermodynamic properties determine evaporation and the thermal gradient in the atmosphere. 2. For those situations Q-vectors point toward ascending air and the tightening thermal gradients . 3. Differential loading can be caused by displacement, gravitational and thermal gradients . 4. :: : Winter means a higher thermal gradient overall between pole and equator. 5. These thermal gradients in turn may generate a voltage through the Seebeck effect. 6. Fish die-offs have been directly associated with thermal gradients , stagnation, and ice cover. 7. Low thermal conductivity is necessary to maintain a high thermal gradient at the junction. 8. This thermal gradient may be harvested using modified Rankine cycle. 9. Oceans have a thermal gradient , the surface being much warmer than deeper levels of ocean. 10. He also invented a process for growing single large diamond crystals in a thermal gradient .