Sentences with phrase «atmospheric studies»

The carbon balance of tropical ecosystems remains uncertain, with top - down atmospheric studies suggesting an overall sink and bottom - up ecological approaches indicating a modest net source.

This marks ALMA's first foray into atmospheric studies of a major body in our Solar System.

According to O.B. Toon, a radiative transfer model developed by Sagan and J. Pollack was influential for atmospheric studies in general.

This powerful instrument, funded by DOE's Office of Science, was created for laboratory studies and atmospheric studies in the field.

A study published in today's Science, though, tries to close the gap by combining an extensive land - based survey of the continental U.S. with findings obtained from 27 different atmospheric studies.

Venus atmospheric studies should get a real boost soon, with the ESA Venus Express mission.

Seven temperate Earth - sized exoplanets readily amenable for atmospheric studies transit the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST - 1 (refs 1,2).

For example, atmospheric studies indicate less CH4 from boreal forests in North America and more from cold, Arctic tundra relative to bottom - up estimates [e.g., Miller et al., 2016].

The planets have a «winning combination» of being Earth - sized, potentially habitable and well - suited for atmospheric studies, making them «the first opportunities to find chemical traces of life outside our solar system,» study co-author Julien de Wit told CNBC in an email.

«In many ways, the atmospheric studies we're doing now on these gaseous «hot Jupiter» kinds of planets are test beds for how we're going to do atmospheric studies of terrestrial, Earth - like planets,» said Thomas Beatty, assistant research professor of astronomy at Penn State and the lead author of the study.

If the effect proves reproducible, Pedersen says, the technique could serve as a tool for atmospheric studies.

«In many ways, the atmospheric studies we're doing on hot Jupiters now are testbeds for how we're going to do atmospheric studies on terrestrial, Earth - like planets,» comments lead researcher Thomas Beatty of Pennsylvania State University.

The South Pole is a unique research site that supports projects ranging from cosmic observations to seismic and atmospheric studies.

Roden Crater, 2009, is an atmospheric study of James Turrell's monumental earthwork Roden Crater, 1979, created in her studio with a camera recording an array of lighting effects and filters on an individual photograph, creating the illusion of a real landscape through the passage of time and seasons.

The third major satellite in this system, a craft called Aura that will focus on atmospheric studies, is to be launched in 2004.

«CCR - II provides scientists, policy makers and other interested parties information related to the current state of knowledge in atmospheric studies.

Holdren will become Obama's science adviser as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Lubchenco will lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees ocean and atmospheric studies and does much of the government's research on global warming.

What was once the realm of scary science fiction and conspiracy theory is now entering the mainstream of atmospheric study — only those now conducting the experiments are clear about the risks.

Turning toward the meteorological side of atmospheric studies, we may consider the career of William Henry Dines (August 5, 1855 - December 26, 1926.)