Sentences with phrase «atmospheric sea level pressure»

Observed Sea Level Pressure The atmospheric sea level pressure observation (hectopascals) 4.

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And the atmospheric pressure is only half a percent of what it is at sea level, threatening to shrivel cells into freeze - dried corpses.

At sea level on Earth, sunlight's «radiation pressure» is about 50 million times smaller than atmospheric pressure.

(One bar is slightly less than the average atmospheric pressure at sea level.)

For this reason, he and his colleague predict the Moon condensed in a pressure of more than 10 bar, or roughly 10 times the sea level atmospheric pressure on Earth.

This sea level rise is then concentrated to the north or south by the NAO, which is a measure of the atmospheric pressure difference between Iceland and the Azores.

When the researchers placed the material inside a gas chamber and cranked up the air pressure from one bar (about the atmospheric pressure at sea level) to five bars, the cube's volume increased by about 3 percent.

Because Mars» atmospheric pressure at ground level is comparable to that of Earth's atmosphere at 100,000 feet — a mere 1.4 percent of Earth's air pressure at sea level — an aircraft that can fly in such conditions will help engineers learn how to design aircraft to roam Martian skies.

Lowest atmospheric pressure (lower is stronger) Wilma: 882 millibars Gilbert: 888 Katrina: 902 Typical pressure at sea level: 1013

Fisher's pen makes up for a lack of gravity by storing ink in a cartridge pressurized with nitrogen at 35 pounds per square inch — more than twice as much force as sea - level atmospheric pressure on Earth.

As it dove through the gap, Cassini came within about 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops (where the air pressure is 1 bar — comparable to the atmospheric pressure of Earth at sea level) and within about 200 miles (300 kilometers) of the innermost visible edge of the rings.

For example, one 1965 study by researchers at the Brooks Air Force Base in Texas showed that dogs exposed to near vacuum — one three - hundred - eightieth of atmospheric pressure at sea level — for up to 90 seconds always survived.

When they factored in a constant level of CO2, they discovered a surprising development: The change required a lower overall atmospheric pressure — about one - sixth today's pressure at sea level.

They could have affected sea - surface and land temperatures, atmospheric pressure systems and humidity levels — all of which may have affected the rates of precipitation in California in recent years.

At altitudes of 5000 m and higher, life is not easy here: the atmospheric pressure is much lower than at sea level, and oxygen is scarce.

For comparison, the atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level is 1,000,000 microbars (or 1 bar).

I live in a flat area, about 20 miles from English coast - close to sea level atmospheric pressures.

When add in a environment like the top of Everest where the atmospheric pressure and inspired oxygen pressure fall roughly... 30 % of the sea level value at 8900 m which is the height of the summit of Everest.

A measure of the difference in sea level pressure between the western (e.g., Darwin, Australia) and central / eastern (e.g., Tahiti) equatorial Pacific, representative of the east - west changes in atmospheric circulation associated with the El Nino / Southern Oscillation phenomenon.

Patterns of anomalously high sea levels are attributed to El Niño — related changes to atmospheric pressure over the Gulf of Mexico and eastern Canada and to the wind field over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf.

Here we analyze a series of climate model experiments along with observational data to show that the recent warming trend in Atlantic sea surface temperature and the corresponding trans - basin displacements of the main atmospheric pressure centers were key drivers of the observed Walker circulation intensification, eastern Pacific cooling, North American rainfall trends and western Pacific sea - level rise.

«The sea level time series correlates relatively well with the AO index and with the inverse of the sea level atmospheric pressure (SLP) at the North Pole.

However, when heated to temperatures of over 705 °F and pressures of more than 3200 pounds per square inch (psi; atmospheric pressure is about 15 psi at sea level), water enters a unique, supercritical phase.

The weight of the atmosphere pushing down on the oceans varies with the atmospheric pressure at sea level.

The exact relationship between sea levels and atmospheric pressures is still being debated, e.g., Mather et al., 2009 (Abstract; Google Scholar access), but it may be significant.

Another major factor is the atmospheric pressure at sea level (sometimes called «sea level pressure» or «barometric pressure»).

Indeed, Heyen et al., 1996 (Open access) found a strong correlation between atmospheric pressure and winter sea levels in the Baltic Sea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations between monthly sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wintsea levels in the Baltic Sea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations between monthly sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wintSea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations between monthly sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wintsea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the winter.

Beginning around 1 / 10th the air pressure of the Earth at sea level, Jupiter's atmospheric temperature rises and easily exceeds its predicted blackbody temperature of 110 Kelvin.

Lukovich et al. (Centre for Earth Observation Science, U. of Manitoba); 4.6; Heuristic - Dynamics Investigation of dynamical atmospheric contributions in spring to sea ice conditions in fall, based on comparison of 2011 and 2007 stratospheric and surface winds and sea level pressure (SLP) in April and May suggests regional differences in sea ice extent in fall, in a manner consistent with recent studies highlighting the importance of coastal geometry in seasonal interpretations of sea ice cover (Eisenman, 2010).

Daily mean NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data are used as atmospheric forcing, i.e., 10 - m surface winds, 2 - m surface air temperature (SAT), specific humidity, precipitation, evaporation, downwelling longwave radiation, sea level pressure, and cloud fraction.

The leading edge of this monsoon is associated with a feature called the monsoon trough, a region of low atmospheric pressure at sea level.

High storm surges (sea levels raised by storm winds and atmospheric pressure) also tend to move coastal sand offshore.

This reduces the atmospheric pressure at sea level, leading to what is known as «cyclonic behaviour».

Sea level pressure in the polar and sub polar regions are measured in the Southern and Northern Annular Modes — the changes in sea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitudSea level pressure in the polar and sub polar regions are measured in the Southern and Northern Annular Modes — the changes in sea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitudsea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitudes.

Yet for some reason people persist in saying the surface temperature of Venus, which is closer to the sun and has an atmospheric pressure 96times that of Earth at sea level, is the result of «a runaway Greenhouse Effect».

At the same time, the tidal level has increased by some 3 inches (8 centimeters) for several reasons, including organic structure growth on the barrier reef in the lagoon basin and changes in atmospheric pressure and wind action on the Adriatic Sea.

This is important in that the atmospheric circulation trends over the Antarctic vary substantially by season, with summer and autumn exhibiting decreases in sea level pressure over the circumpolar trough and over the continent.

I obtained the 27 tons per acre by multiplying 390 ppm by 44/29 to get 592ppm of CO2 by weight and then, at sea level, the atmospheric pressure being 14.7 psi, which is the weight of the atmosphere above one square inch of which.0592 % or 0.0087 psi is due to CO2.

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.

«SEAFRAME gauges not only measure sea level by two independent means, but also observe a number of «ancillary» variables - atmospheric pressure, air and water temperatures, wind speed and direction.

It would increase atmospheric pressure at sea level to 1.7 bar.

As there are numerous techniques for determining sea level pressures from atmospheric observations, all having limitations, we also compared the SLP fields generated in the above way for general consistency with those generated using an independent method.

That method, which we use in the NASA / GISS GCM, extrapolates the surface pressures to sea level based on elevation and the atmospheric lapse rates calculated from surface air temperatures.

Arctic atmospheric variability during the industrial era (1875 — 2000) is assessed using spatially averaged surface air temperature (SAT) and sea level pressure (SLP) records.

There's also a barometer inside just incase you want to check atmospheric pressure — or eventually calculate your height above sea level, just as soon as you grab an app that's able to read the data.