Sentences with phrase «affect heat exchange»

We know wind causes shifts of Arctic ice to create open water or increase pack ice, but how does this affect heat exchange or evaporation?

In the North Atlantic Ocean, variations in the ocean circulation affect the heat exchange to the deeper waters of the ocean.

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The battle of words between Germany and the European Central Bank (ECB) is heating up once again and is managing to affect the exchange rate of the euro zone's single currency.

Ocean currents affect the surface temperature of the oceans and thus the heat exchange with the atmosphere — eventually causing climate variations on the adjacent continents.

To solve this mystery, scientists in this study investigated how irrigation affects climate through the exchange of heat or fluxes from between the land surface and the atmosphere, the formation of low - level clouds, and to what extent irrigation may modify future climate change.

They affect the penetration of light to certain depths so I don't see why heat exchange should be unaffected.

The cryosphere derives its importance to the climate system from a variety of effects, including its high reflectivity (albedo) for solar radiation, its low thermal conductivity, its large thermal inertia, its potential for affecting ocean circulation (through exchange of freshwater and heat) and atmospheric circulation (through topographic changes), its large potential for affecting sea level (through growth and melt of land ice), and its potential for affecting greenhouse gases (through changes in permafrost)(Chapter 4).

During a 2003 heat wave that struck central and southern Europe, scientists documented how the extreme heat affected the carbon cycle — the exchange of carbon dioxide between ecosystems, such as forests, and the atmosphere.

The main energy reservoir is the ocean, and the exchange of energy between the atmosphere and ocean is ubiquitous, so that heat once sequestered can resurface at a later time to affect weather and climate on a global scale.