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== thermal tide ==
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A [[variation]] in [[atmospheric pressure]] due to the [[diurnal]] differential heating of the  [[atmosphere]] by the sun; so called in analogy to the conventional [[gravitational tide]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[solar atmospheric tide]].</div><br/> </div>
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