Sentences with phrase «accounting for changes in»

Accounting for changes in all carbon stocks in all areas would yield the net carbon exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere (NBP).

Estimating the carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems and accounting for changes in these stocks requires adequate information on land cover, carbon density in vegetation and soils, and the fate of carbon (burning, removals, decomposition).

Using these techniques, we found that we were able to accurately describe the changes in temperature with height by just accounting for changes in water content and the existence of a previously unreported phase change.

We were able to describe these temperature profiles by just accounting for changes in water content and the existence of a previously overlooked phase change.

Although the primary driver of glacial — interglacial cycles lies in the seasonal and latitudinal distribution of incoming solar energy driven by changes in the geometry of the Earth's orbit around the Sun («orbital forcing»), reconstructions and simulations together show that the full magnitude of glacial — interglacial temperature and ice volume changes can not be explained without accounting for changes in atmospheric CO2 content and the associated climate feedbacks.

«The results underscore the importance of accounting for changes in vegetation communities to accurately characterize future stream flow for the Sierra Nevada.»

Professor Iain McLean of Nuffield College, Oxford, co-author of Scotland's Choices, was interviewed by Bloomberg TV about his research which claims that accounting for changes in oil revenues and transfers from the rest of the UK would leave Scots about # 480 per person worse off.

The process philosopher has less difficulty in accounting for changes in the soul than he does in explaining its continuity.

Ideally, we would look at a comprehensive measure of income that covers a long time span, allows us to compare before - and after - tax income at different points in the income distribution, and accounts for changes in the size and composition of households.

We are reviewing the measurement issues that are exacerbated by the proliferation of digital and services - oriented technologies.11 We are also developing our macroeconomic models to better account for changes in the distribution of income and wealth.

But that doesn't account for changes in the population.

Some indices ignore the market capitalization of companies and instead account for changes in a company's stock price.

The bill passed last year revised portions of the Banking Act to account for changes in the economy driven by the growth of telecommunications technologies.

Age does not account for the change in attitudes either, for the increase in support occurs at all age levels.

Here I have in mind specifically those immediate social effects that can account for changes in religious establishments perfectly well by themselves.

or the benefit of updating a restaurant menu regularly to account for changes in food prices (a key factor in the success of skateboarding champ Tony Hawk's MARKET Restaurant and Bar).

We just need to remember to account for changes in defensive outlook when figuring how large personnel changes loom.

Check in with your child occasionally, but not too often, to account for any changes in situation or attitude that may have occurred.

The above chart doesn't account for changes in the size of the Senate, which most recently increased from 62 to 63 members in 2012).

The US election system doesn't account for a change in power because election fraud was discovered.

Make sure that your ATV will be able to handle the extra weight and that you account for changes in weight when driving.

Nikon Incline / Decline (ID) Technology provides horizontal distance and actual distance display modes to account for changes in elevation and terrain.

«It is of paramount importance to account for changes in Saharan vegetation and dust emissions when simulating past climate change.

Because 2 - D models make simplified assumptions about some aspects of the flow, they can't account for changes in the flow, such as when the flood wave moves around large obstacles, changes rapidly in direction, or fully immerses bridge decks.

Then they had to account for changes in atmospheric clarity and eliminate the many flickering objects that were not supernovas.

Rychert and her adviser, Karen Fischer, suggest that small amounts of water or pockets of melted rock in the uppermost asthenosphere account for the change in seismic behavior and the abrupt shift between the two layers.

The study analyzed data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, exploring which demographic groups, medications, and reasons for visiting the emergency room may account for this change in prescribing rates.

Kevin Trenbeth, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said the study didn't account for changes in sea surface temperatures, which are the main drivers of changes in the position of the rain belts (as is seen during an El Nino event, when Pacific warming pushes the subtropical jet over the Western U.S. southward).

The researchers reported in a recent issue of Nature Communications that the effects of the Earth's tilt on the amounts of water in the oceans and in groundwater account for the changes in sea levels during this period, the Early Triassic.

The study does not explain what is going on overall or in any single country that might account for changes in HIV incidence.

To account for changes in observation times, the RSS group used a number of different approaches and models to try and estimate what the temperature would have been if the measurement time remained constant.

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

Most climate analyses do not account for changes in land cover with climatic trends.

These associations remained significant even after the researchers accounted for changes in weight and waist size.

She believes that declines in estrogen during menopause might account for the changes in heart risks.

What accounts for the change in the court's thinking on school choice?

We also adjusted the data to account for changes in state spending on education and for parents» educational levels, which provides controls for simultaneous changes in state policies or differences in demographics that might confound the analysis of how accountability systems influenced student achievement.

We also include student fixed effects, which account for changes in the composition of the schools» student populations over time that can not be explained by the limited set of student characteristics for which information was available in the district's database.

Predicted scores were obtained from a regression analysis that accounted for changes in student composition and prior achievement levels as well as overall trends in achievement before the introduction of the accountability program.

Let's use the example of modifying an existing online training course to account for changes in company policy.

But these data include foreign students and some others not subject to the fee policies and do not account for changes in cohort size.

At a minimum, social studies instruction must account for the changes in society resulting from the use of technology (Glenn, 1990) and must consider the critical thought required for processing information generated by technology (Parker, 1991).

The recruitment and retention plan shall be updated each year to account for changes in both district and charter school enrollment.

However if you are going to elevate property taxes over other considerations in this manner it is only right to fully account for changes in property taxes and that includes dealing with the School Levy Credits.

EPA periodically updates its methodology to account for changes in vehicle technologies, driver behavior, and / or driving conditions.

Editors» note: This review has been updated extensively to account for changes in the Nook's features and performance resulting from firmware upgrades on April 23, 2010, and November 22, 2010, as well as the availability of the third - generation Kindle and the Nook Color.

Like what Markus Heitkoetter pointed out, he updates the tick setting for the instruments they regularly trade to account for changes in market volatility.

Interest calculation needs to account for the changes in outstanding amount of loan during a period (see example).

Throughout the business cycle we are constantly updating our financial models to account for changes in the probability of tail risk events and other inefficiencies that might alter how our clients perceive risk.

Furthermore, while IGHG and HYHG seek to achieve an effective duration of zero, the hedges can not fully account for changes in the shape of the Treasury interest rate (yield) curve.