Sentences with phrase «abnormally warm surface temperatures»

Red outlines indicate hot spots where a NASA satellite detected abnormally warm surface temperatures associated with fire.

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However, to support the assertion that global warming is responsible for a great deal of damage from such events, it is sufficient to show that such events have the «signature» of global warming — for example, that specific global warming - related factors such as abnormally high sea surface temperatures, elevated water vapor levels, and altered jet stream patterns contributed to making Hurricane Sandy what it was — even if those factors can not be precisely quantified.

They describe abnormally warm or cool sea surface temperatures in the South Pacific that are caused by changing ocean currents.

An important reason for all of the snowfall is the abnormally warm sea surface temperatures off southern New England's coast.

The movement of the Pacific's warm water pulled heat away from the surface waters and this led to the abnormally cool surface temperatures observed during the last ten years.