Sentences with phrase «for soil moisture»

That downpour saturated the area, causing values for soil moisture to increase substantially.

For soil moisture and solar radiation, regional differences in the number of suitable plant growing days averaged out globally under all scenarios (solid green and yellow lines in Fig 3).

Applying the framework of Delworth and Manabe (1988) to the more complex CESM system, we compare simple red noise null hypothesis models for soil moisture variations at various depth levels with an ensemble of perfect model forecasts conducted with the CESM.

Same for soil moisture, minerals, temperature of a furnace or a swimming pool.

In addition, for soil moisture maps, where some land - points are undefined due to the mismatch between dataset and map - coastline resolution, these land - points are reset using interpolation with the neighbouring sea values and subsequently superimposing the land sea mask.

Researchers in the historical Beaver Creek experiments hypothesized that lower tree densities associated with thinning would reduce evapotranspiration losses, and thereby allow more water to be available for soil moisture, groundwater recharge, and surface water runoff [29].

Assimilation: Continuous nudging, separate DA modules for soil moisture, snow, SST and sea ice, latent heat nudging scheme

Competition weakens trees, as they contend for soil moisture, nutrients, and sunlight.

«We are working on a new model that will help us account for soil moisture and other factors like the impact of timber harvesting on rainwater infiltration and the location of communities,» Stark said.

Sustainable coffee agrosystems frequently rely on fallen leaves from their shade trees as well as the application of coffee skins and other organic matter for soil moisture retention and fertilization, providing another means in which these farms can contribute to carbon sequestration.

Not exact matches

The rocky soil did not provide enough moisture for some plants, and they withered in the sun.

Second, as soils become more compact more rain runs off, soil erosion accelerates, less water is absorbed into the soil and soil moisture for crops diminishes.

Plants need soil only for the reserves of moisture, nutrients, and adequate support of the main stem.

Excellent for controlling weeds, black plastic also warms the soil (up to 5 degrees) and is good for moisture control.

Soil composting reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, helps soil retain moisture, reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced in landfills and even serves as an educational tool for children about recycling and conservatSoil composting reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, helps soil retain moisture, reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced in landfills and even serves as an educational tool for children about recycling and conservatsoil retain moisture, reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced in landfills and even serves as an educational tool for children about recycling and conservation.

Designed to keep odour and moisture in and preserve a controlled environment for your soiled diapers between washes, AppleCheeks Storage Sacs come in two generous sizes.

AppleCheeks Storage Sacs are designed to keep odour and moisture in and preserve a controlled environment for your soiled cloth diapers between washes.

Designed to keep odour and moisture in and preserve a controlled environment for your soiled cloth diapers between washes, our Storage Sacs come in two generous sizes.

The Mesonet system will collect measurements such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, surface pressure, soil moisture, soil temperature, solar radiation, and precipitation amounts for rainfall and snow accumulation.

Besides home - energy monitoring, the only apps Guinard could name as currently in play are shoplifting security for stores and soil - moisture monitoring for plant - care services.

The satellite — SMAP, or the Soil Moisture Active Passive — has been in development for more than two decades.

William and Stillwell chose to study green roofs over other forms of green infrastructure for a very simple reason: There was one on campus fitted with the instrumentation needed to measure soil moisture, rainfall amount, temperature, humidity and many other variables that are plugged into their fragility curve model.

The model explicitly accounts for the effects of temperature and soil moisture changes (positive and negative) on global and regional wheat production fluctuations.

For more than a third of the country, out - of - the - ordinary soil moisture can change the likelihood of next - day rain by a median factor of 13 %.

Snow, humidity, and solar radiation measurements are too sparse, for example, and few observations of soil moisture or groundwater stocks exist.

The work could bolster climate modellers» efforts to depict the way soil moisture and vegetation interact with the atmosphere, says Kevin Trenberth, a climatologist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

Despite the great improvements we have in crop genetics and fertility, we're still having to manage weeds,» Dille said, noting that weeds compete with crops for everything from sunlight to moisture to nutrients in the soil.

For example, they are comparing moisture content, soil types, crops and other vegetation in the Central Valley's Kern County with environmental features at Sharktooth Hill, a popular fossil site outside Bakersfield where cocci spores are known to have caused illness.

Scientists report in today's Nature that carbon dioxide speeds the formation of tiny clumps of soil that act as bulwarks against erosion — and possibly as miniature storehouses for moisture and nutrients.

Nor do they know what such changes mean for the food web; for life - cycle events like migration, breeding and nesting; for the amount of moisture that trees will suck from the soil; or for the amount of carbon dioxide stored by plants.

No - till and, to a lesser degree, conservation tillage maintains or improves soil quality by preserving soil structure and moisture, increasing soil organic matter, and providing habitat for soil microbes.

In contrast to core areas of interior forest, non-interior forest edge areas are subject to impacts from invasive species, pollution, and variation in soil moisture, for example.

The amount of groundwater present is a good indicator of fire risk, said Morton, because the signal persists longer and holds the «memory» of water in the soil that is the main source of moisture for trees and vegetation.

Last year, for instance, scientists reported that the moisture level in frozen soil could make a big difference with greenhouse gas release (ClimateWire, July 29, 2013).

For example, in years that had more than average burning during the dry season, measurements of soil moisture, evaporation and vegetation greenness — all of which help to trigger rain — decreased in the following wet season.

Gentine's team is the first to isolate the response of vegetation from the global warming total complex response, which includes such variables for the water cycle as evapotranspiration (the water evaporated from the surface, both from plants and bare soil) soil moisture, and runoff.

The crops most widely used in the world for food in many cases depend on particular combinations of soil type, climate, moisture, weather patterns and the infrastructure of equipment, experience and distribution systems.

Cultivars «Radicans» and «August Beauty» were used in a study that showed that soil moisture sensor technology can be effective for controlling growth of the cultivars.

«Soil moisture sensors can be used along with an automated irrigation system to irrigate when substrate volumetric water content drops below a set threshold, allowing for precise irrigation control and improved water conservation compared with traditional irrigation practices,» Bayer said.

Drought seasonality, duration, frequency, and intensity all strongly impact agriculture — for example, reducing levels of soil moisture to support crop growth — and the lack of predictability under climate change is problematic.

For example, atypical early fall rains improve fall grazing and infiltration of soil moisture before frost limits infiltration, but these same rains can impair some grain harvests and / or fall plantings.

But even under ideal temperature and moisture conditions, productivity gains will be dependent on local site conditions, such as where there are sufficient soil nutrients or where stand density is low and little competition exists for available resources (Ford et al. 2016).

Dai, A., K.E. Trenberth, and T. Qian, 2004: A global data set of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870 - 2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effects of surface warming.

As follows, the problem for Kansas: Warmer winters are bad news for the wheat farmers» requirement for freezing temperatures to grow winter wheat, and during summer, warmer days rob Kansas of precious soil moisture, drying out valuable wheat crop.

A number of existing satellites can be used for the task; these include the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) sensor that was launched in 2009 and NASA's Aquarius satellite that was launched in 2011.

The spacecraft Bolden will see are the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)- RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.

Forests that historically had large areas with no snow on the ground for two to four months and high moisture loss from soils and vegetation in spring and summer have seen the biggest increases in wildfire in early spring snowmelt years (for example, the northern Rockies and parts of the Sierra Nevada).

You can reuse the bags for two years, after which the charcoal can be poured into the soil around plants to fertilize and help retain moisture.

Ginger has very specific requirements for a proper development, which involves adequate temperature, soil type, and moisture among other factors that will ensure a successful cultivation.

While soil moisture is necessary for nutrient absorption and development, over-watering can stop root growth.