Sentences with phrase «atmospheric water vapor content»

One of the most substantial climate changes in response to global warming is the increase in atmospheric water vapor content.

Sensitivity of atmospheric water vapor content to the parameters of this new representation of convection is also being evaluated through use of the so - called adjoint of the scheme.»

The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM / I) radiometers provide brightness temperatures at three different frequencies (19.35, 37.0 and 85.5 GHz) from which are estimated: wind speed when not raining, integrated atmospheric water vapor content, liquid water content, and a rain index.

What the report says about atmospheric rivers and climate change: The frequency and severity of land - falling atmospheric rivers on the U.S. West Coast will increase as a result of increasing evaporation and the higher atmospheric water vapor content that occurs with increasing temperature.

Even models that correctly capture cloud behavior may fail to fully account for other climate feedbacks from factors like changing snow and sea ice cover, atmospheric water vapor content, and temperature.

Possible explanations include greenhouse effects such as changes in cloudiness, aerosol loading, atmospheric water vapor content, or carbon dioxide.

First, warm air holds more water vapor than cold air — and the rising air temperatures since the 1970s have caused the atmospheric water vapor content to rise as well.