Sentences with phrase «atmospheric global region»

Complementary ground - based observations can probe atmospheric global region remotely and can provide long - term coverage.

Not exact matches

Remote sensing of atmospheric gases — from a satellite, for instance — can be performed with conventional instruments called spectrometers, but while satellite instruments have global coverage, they sample specific regions on Earth infrequently.

Scientists generally think that global warming, driven mostly by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, will make some regions wetter and others drier.

An international team led by atmospheric chemist Qiang Zhang of Tsinghua University in Beijing looked at emissions data across 13 global regions for 2007, the last year comprehensive information was available.

Researchers have long known the region is crucial in the uptake of atmospheric CO2 and that biological processes in the Southern Ocean influence the global ocean system via northward flowing currents.

All that extra heat in the Pacific warms the air above, leading to more rising air than normal in that region, which affects the global atmospheric circulation.

The another most important climate variation is El Niño — Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, which impact the global oceanic and atmospheric circulations which thereby produce droughts, floods and intense rainfall in certain regions.

Very stormy background due to chaotic distribution of cold and hot regions (icebergs from disintegrated ice sheets, and high levels of atmospheric CO2), due to global deglaciation.

This was a nightmare scenario for many growers, and it showed us a snapshot of what global warming might look like in this region,» said Toby Ault, assistant professor in earth and atmospheric sciences, an author on the study.

A global trend of increasing atmospheric CO2 means that all local regions are also seeing the same increasing trend; A decline in CO2 locally weakens the well - established claim that global CO2 is increasing significantly; Students may assume that since the atmosphere covers the Earth, CO2 levels in one location would experience the same rate of change and levels of CO2 as in other geographic locations.»

Anthropogenic influences have contributed to observed increases in atmospheric moisture content in the atmosphere (medium confidence), to global - scale changes in precipitation patterns over land (medium confidence), to intensification of heavy precipitation over land regions where data are sufficient (medium confidence), and to changes in surface and subsurface ocean salinity (very likely).

Asia has become the largest contributor of anthropogenic atmospheric Hg, responsible for more than half of global emissions, and a significant increase in emissions from this region is expected in the next few decades due to rapid economic and industrial development (54).

From a report described on the IPY (International Polar Year) site dated 2/25/09: «Snow and ice are declining in both polar regions, affecting human livelihoods as well as local plant and animal life in the Arctic, as well as global ocean and atmospheric circulation and sea level.»