Sentences with phrase «above mean sea level»

«Geopotential height» is the height above mean sea level for a given pressure level.

It is situated 64 m above mean sea level at the top of a small drumlin (hill) in an estate of natural woodland and parkland of circa 7 ha.

This transport produces a broad mounding of water as high as 1 m (3 ft) above mean sea level near the center of the gyre (Figure 6.5).

For the summer monsoon season in southeast Arizona, meteorologists track the transport of low - altitude water vapor, which is defined as altitudes below 700 millibars or 3,000 m (9,900 ft) in elevation above mean sea level.

The largest of the fen - islands is the Isle of Ely, on which the cathedral city of Ely was built: its highest point is 39 m above mean sea level.

Also, station height (e.g. above mean sea level) would probably be an important factor to try and include.

Santa Cruz Island Airport resides at elevation of 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level.

The altitude ranges between 1600 m and 2400 m above mean sea level and although not very high, the mountain slopes are characterized by steep cliffs and crevices.

If we concentrate on the 1870's — 1895 the observations were made in Downtown Cincinnati, roughly at an elevation of 400 ft. (~ 122m) above mean sea level (msl) in the often humid Ohio River Valley.

Hurricane Harvey likely generated a storm tide of 10 - 12 feet near Port Lavaca, although the highest observed level reported was 7 feet above mean sea level.

Time series of storm tide (surge plus tide) levels at Port Lavaca above mean sea level from 1900 - 2017.

This is, in part, a function of their low elevations, which rarely exceed 3 m above mean sea level, as well as their often poorly consolidated sediment - dominated structures.

The east wall (left) is 7.2 m above mean sea level, and about 100 m from the ocean.

Gardener: Marina Garden Location and Zone: The highlands (~ 1000 m above mean sea level) on the south of Serbia, zone 6.

One of 5 salt islands on the Louisiana coast, Avery Island stands at 163 feet above mean sea level and is surrounded by low - lying swamps and marshes.

Not exact matches

Twelve thousand feet above sea level, flatlands stretched where only mountains were meant to be.

Its highest point is only 28 feet above sea level, which is how it got its name, «tierra anegada» meaning flooded land in Spanish.

Amangani, meaning «peaceful home» clings to the crest of East Gros Ventre Butte, over 2,300 yards above sea level, and presents magnificent views of the Grand Tetons and Snake River Valley.

The location of the palace above Patan means it enjoys terrific panoramic views towards the 13th century ancestral fort of Badal Mahal - a spectacular hill - top palace 2,000 feet (609 metres) above sea level.

In contrast to the Machu Picchu's its altitude is 2445 meters (8000 feet) above the sea level, means the weather is more humid and most of the mornings are wrapped in mist.

In contrast to the steamy humid rainforests that much of South America is known for, Machu Picchu's altitude is at almost 2445 meters (8000 feet) above sea level, which means its climate is a lot more temperate, and is shrouded year - round in mist for much of each morning.

Mount Cook or Aoraki (translated from the native Maori language meaning «cloud piercer») stands just over 12,300 feet (3754 meters) above sea level.

This has meant that the style and layout and overall running of these small 10 person resorts are all inline perfectly with the Balinese culture creating the perfect traditional approach to luxury accommodation in this wonderful area.Ubud is located in the center of Bali at just over 600 meters above sea level where you can enjoy amazing views of Bali including rice paddies, river valleys and tropical woodland all at cooler temperatures and away from the conventional tourist areas of the south.

The city is built on a cliff above sea level, which means you get panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and the beaches below.

The Absolutely Green in the lush high heartland of Bali at an altitude of 1.142 meters above the sea level which surrounded by rolling mountain, crater lakes and ancient forest, the course design is meant to blend the fairways and create a dramatic backdrop for tea shots and approaches.The deep blue sky, the air fresh, clear and the temperature average between 14 - 20 Celsius degrees.It is rights comfortable golfing destination in Bali.It features tall trees and flowers of riotous colour separating the fairway of this 18 holes championship course.Designed by Peter Thompson, Michael Wolferidge & Associates, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club will make you feel a part of the rich, sporty, and exotic nature.

A detailed body of literature is on hand — alluding to Wagner, Dürer, the measurements of the concentration camps, the geographical height of the White Cube gallery above sea level — to help you construct additional meanings.

Thus you should look at the Vermeer & Rahmstorf (2009) study linked above, which correlates the tide gauge record with global mean temperature since 1880 and shows that the modern acceleration of sea level rise is closely related to modern global warming.]

That doesn't mean I'm going to buy property only 1 meter above sea level.

If you mean sea levels hundreds of feet above current levels, or ice caps that once extended to the tropics, then sure.

Meaning one get an effect similar to the higher troposphere one gets on Earth with the tropics: «At latitudes above 60, the tropopause is less than 9 -10 km above sea level; the lowest is less than 8 km high, above Antarctica and above Siberia and northern Canada in winter.

Simple mean relative sea level trends of the PSMSL stations in the map above.

I was fascinated to discover that changing sea levels, including extremely high global sea levels 65 — 250 feet (20 — 75 m) above today's mean, occurred during the «hothouse Earth» era.

Yes, it continues to show sea level remains stubbornly well above the trend line, which means 5, 10, 15, and maybe even 20 - year rates re far above the satellite - era trend of 3.4 mm per yr.

There is very high confidence that maximum global mean sea level during the last interglacial period (~ 129 to 116 ka) was, for several thousand years, at least 5 m higher than present and high confidence that it did not exceed 10 m above present, implying substantial contributions from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

Based on proxy records from ice, terrestrial and marine archives, the LIG is characterized by an atmospheric CO2 concentration of about 290 ppm, i.e., similar to the pre-industrial (PI) value13, mean air temperatures in Northeast Siberia that were about 9 °C higher than today14, air temperatures above the Greenland NEEM ice core site of about 8 ± 4 °C above the mean of the past millennium15, North Atlantic sea - surface temperatures of about 2 °C higher than the modern (PI) temperatures12, 16, and a global sea level 5 — 9 m above the present sea level17.

The reason for the change is warmer snowpack winter temperatures, +4 oC above the long term mean at the Juneau Airport seven miles from the glacier at sea level in 1997 and 1998.

[31] About Greenland IPCC SPM § B4 states: «we can say with a very high confidence level that the maximum mean sea level during the last interglacial (129 ka to 116 ka) has been at least 5 m above today's seal level....

Chacaltaya Glacier, with a mean altitude of 5,260 m above sea level, was the highest skiing station in the world until a very few years ago.

They found that what had in 1800 been the chance of the one - in -500-years flood event — 2.25 metres above mean tidal height — increased with time and sea level.

Geological evidence, mainly coral reefs on tectonically stable coasts, was described in the review of Overpeck et al. [51] as favouring an Eemian maximum of +4 to more than 6 m. Rohling et al. [52] cite many studies concluding that the mean sea level was 4 — 6 m above the current sea level during the warmest portion of the Eemian, 123 — 119 kyr BP; note that several of these studies suggest Eemian sea - level fluctuations up to +10 m, and provide the first continuous sea - level data supporting rapid Eemian sea - level fluctuations.

For example, the melting of the Greenland ice sheet broke previous records in 2002, 2005, and 2007, and seasonal melting from 1996 to 2007 was above average compared with the 1973 - 2007 period.10, 11 The melting of the Greenland ice sheet contributed around 0.02 inch (0.6 millimeter) to global sea - level rise in 2005 — more than double the 1996 contribution.4 From 1993 to 2003 the average rate of sea - level rise increased to about 0.12 inches (3.1 millimeters) per year.12 That means that in 2005 Greenland could have contributed 19 percent of the average annual global sea level rise rate.

Average sea level pressure is 29.92 inches (1013.23 mb), making this record pressure 7 % higher than normal, which means there was 7 % more atmospheric mass above that point than normal.

That does not mean we should do nothing, as the worst effects of warming extreme weather conditions and rises in sea levels are directly dependent on the extent of global temperature rise above 2C.

I've got 18 feet, most of it is at or just above sea level (mean high tide) that's all I've got, and we've been into beach erosion now for almost 10 years, whereas things have been fairly static previously since the 30's.

The oceanic heat analysis above that lumps everything together, in the same way that global mean sea level analysis (from satellites), gives you a Computational Reality.

Based on current understanding, only the collapse of marine - based sectors of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, if initiated, could cause global mean sea level to rise substantially above the likely range during the 21st century.

Forget Chinatown; this could turn water tensions into water wars.The basics The project, meant to solve the north's serious water woes, would involve engineering feats on one edge of the earthquake prone Qinghai - Tibetan Plateau in western China, some 3,000 to 5,000 meters (9,800 to 16,400 feet) above sea level, much like the Qinghai - Tibet railway.

The delayed sea level reaction to temperatures doesn't mean tide records necessarily reflect actual thermometer readings before 1990 but it's nevertheless interesting that, due to the low 1992 global temperature indicated in the IPCC chart above (Mt Pinatubo?)