Sentences with phrase «annual cycle of seasons»

The annual cycle of the seasons was the most striking of all.

Not exact matches

We deliver against our mission by executing an Entrepreneur Season, our annual cycle of unique programs and events that drive entrepreneurial activity in New Orleans.

Basically we celebrate the changing of the seasons and this annual cycle is often referred to as «The Wheel of the Year.»

Long - range planning for preaching can be assisted by formulating an annual grid listing the months of the year along one side and three sets of factors along the other: (1) human factors (personal and public) relating to the seasons of the year beginning with spring; (2) congregational factors relating to the church life cycle usually beginning in September; (3) theological factors relating to the Christian Year, to lectionary selections or lectia continua, and to spiritual and theological themes needed by the church in its life and mission beginning with Advent.

«Monarchs are an ideal species to study because the hypotheses proposed to explain their decline include climate and land use factors occurring during every season of their annual cycle and incorporating broad geographic extents.»

NOAA has issued its annual forecast for the hurricane season, along with its now - standard explanation that there is a natural cycle of multidecadal (40 - 60 year) length in the North Atlantic circulation (often referred to as the «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» — see Figure), that is varying the frequency of Atlantic tropical cyclones, and that the present high level of activity is due to a concurrent positive peak in this oscillation.

Rose Cottage lies on the edge of the protected Haenertsburg grasslands, where there are hiking / cycling trails, bird watching opportunities / trails, adventure sport destinations, trout and bass fishing, berry picking (in season) and many annual festivals to attend.

Predictions of the annual cycle of precipitation suggest an increase in precipitation later in the crop year (April - June) of ~ 10 % but a substantial decrease (up to 75 % at the tail) in precipitation later in the dry season (July - September).

ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2008)-- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second - lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.»

Just like human beings plants too have a biological clock, which prepares them to make optimal use of both day and night — and which helps them to nicely tune their annual growth cycle within the appropriate seasons.

These cycles change the amount of solar radiation received at each latitude in each season (but hardly affect the global annual mean), and they can be calculated with astronomical precision.

Because the model only describes the rainy season and does not capture the annual monsoon cycle, abrupt transitions in the bistable regime can only be interpreted intraseasonally, e.g., a month of heavy rain followed by a month of extraordinarily weak precipitation.

annual plants terrestrial plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season; plants that die off each year during periods of temperature and moisture stress but leave behind seeds to germinate during the next favorable climatic season

A similar point could be made about short - term multi-annual phenomena such as ENSO: the annual seasonal cycle interacts with the evolution of whatever factors are involved with ENSO, with the precise determination of the outcome depending on exactly how the seasons line up with that evolution.

«It is found that the climate of southwest Australia bears a strong seasonality in the annual cycle and exhibits a monsoon - like atmospheric circulation, which is called the southwest Australian circulation (SWAC) because of its several distinct features characterizing a monsoonal circulation: the seasonal reversal of winds, alternate wet and dry seasons, and an evident land — sea thermal contrast.

Chambers USA follows an annual cycle, with a big spike of activity during the main submission season.

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The many holidays honor parts of our history, the seasons, the beginning of the annual cycle of reading the Torah and, of course the High Holy Days in which we are urged to look deep inside and cleanse our souls, seek forgiveness and turn the page for a coming year.