For deep convective systems, the G - 1 measurements will focus on characterizing the environmental conditions that lead to convective initiation and the vertical profiles of environmental properties around the growing deep convection and in adjacent regions that are not initiating deep convection so that the differences in environment can be compared. (arm.gov)
Environmental valuation is of course challenging, both ethically and methodologically: evaluating environmental property rights (can one own the environment?) (europeanlawblog.eu)
Ice covers play a major role in determining the environmental properties of lakes. (sciencemag.org)