Sentences with phrase «ablation area»

Assuming the warming to be uniform underestimates the threshold, because warming is projected by GCMs to be weaker in the ablation area and in summer, when ablation occurs.

The specific surface mass balance is positive in the accumulation area and negative in the ablation area.

The accumulation area decreased by 24.8 %, while ablation area increased by 17.7 % with nearly 6 % increase in debris - cover surface in ablation zone in 1958 to 2011.

The accumulation and ablation area changes can be explained by SLA position which was continuously moving upward from 5279 m a.s.l. (s = 144) in 1958 to 5472 m a.s.l. (s = 209) in 2011 with the overall vertical shift of 192 9 m (3.6 m a1).

Equilibrium line - The boundary between the region on a glacier where there is a net annual loss of ice mass (ablation area) and that where there is a net annual gain (accumulation area).

By comparison, the present day GrIS has an AAR of ~ 0.9 (Ettema, 2010), which corresponds to an ablation area of 10 % and a melt area for the GrIS of 31 % (as calculated above).

Not exact matches

The specific areas that benefit from additional ablation depend on each patient's individual condition.

The Dark Zone is a literally dirty belt of the melting area — the ablation zone — of the ice sheet.

Using thermal imaging and MRI guidance, the surgeons were able to see the area of laser ablation as treatment proceeded.

«Tattoo removal can be likely improved by combining laser surgery with the transient ablation of the macrophages present in the tattoo area,» says Malissen.

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.

Focal laser ablation is the latest in a series of efforts to target just the cancer cells and preserve normal areas of prostate.

The ablation casting process allows for the fine - tuning of both the cast part's shape, as well as the material properties of the castings in the energy - absorbing areas of the vehicle, while minimizing weight in the form of a hollow part with optimized wall thickness.

If significant area becomes an ablation zone, then once the previous winters snow has melted, the surface is composed of old ice, which every year becomes older than the last.

Other pages display maps of individual glaciers, with white regions indicating the «accumulation zone,» where snow falls and adds to the mass, and gray stippled areas showing the «ablation zone,» where melting eats away at the ice.

From July - September glaciers are the primary area of residual snow and ice ablation.

The amount of runoff provided by a glacier is the product of its surface area and ablation rate.

Prolonged thinning of the ablation zone (as shown in Fig. 8) causes an additional warming for these areas, which should be lower in altitude if the topography could evolve during the simula - tion.

In Glacier National Park, North Cascades, Helm Glacier and Place Glacier frequent loss of the entire snowcover by the end of the ablation season has become commonplace (WGMS, 2005 The result is in net ablation throughout the accumulation area causing thinning of the glacier in the accumulation zone.

The advance increases the glaciers area at low elevation where ablation is highest, returning the glacier to equilibrium.

The exceptional extension of the ablation season in 2010 in southern Greenland indicates the vulnerability of these areas to expanded melt regions (Box et al, 2010).