Sentences with phrase «by topography»

The role of supraglacial lakes in this has been a point of emphasis; Luthje et al, (2006) noted that the area covered by supraglacial lakes was independent of the summer melt rate, but controlled by topography.

These problems will be exacerbated for mangroves that are subjected to coastal squeeze — where migration of these mangroves towards land is restricted by topography or human developments.

It really is the great American city, a seat of industrialization; I have been fascinated by its topography, its status as a port, its architecture which has served as a blueprint for American cities.

Fascinated by the topography of her adopted home, the artist created a series of abstracted landscape paintings that reflect the hills, valleys, highways, and waterways of the western United States.

What impressed me most were the magazine's design standards, exemplified by its topography — designed by Neville Brody — and especially his very strong «statement» covers.

The invaded regions were, in general, warmer... much rainier, and characterized by a topography that was often rugged and uneven....

Not exact matches

It may be in visiting forest or seacoast in periodic retreat, either alone or in small groups with time for solitude; it may be by seeking out the edges of wild country in park or garden in the quiet corners of the day; or for those unable to travel first - hand, it may be by preserving such spiritual topography for future generations.

Mr. Myers for the first time proposed as a general psychological problem the exploration of the subliminal region of consciousness throughout its whole extent, and made the first methodical steps in its topography by treating as a natural series a mass of subliminal facts hitherto considered only as curious isolated facts, and subjecting them to a systematized nomenclature.

I love the idea of making the food into art by creating the topography, gorgeous!

The Santa Cruz Mountains appellation was among the first to be defined by mountain topography, following the fog line along the coast to encompass the highest vineyards on the ridge tops as high as 2600 feet elevation.

The lines emanate from well - marked indentations in the dark regions fitted by natural position for departure points, and are locally dependent upon the general topography of the fundamental features of the surface.

Visitors enter by walking over a U.S. Geological Survey map of North America that is color - coded to show how topography has changed over geologic time.

Stewart Jamieson from Durham University in England and his colleagues made the discovery by looking for subtle changes in the ice sheet's surface shapes, developed as a result of ice flowing over diverse topography.

The data, collected by aerial survey missions flown in the Southern Hemisphere in the summer of 2014 - 2015, provide detailed topography of the perpetually ice - free region, where surprising landscape changes, such as rapid erosion along some streams, have been observed in recent years.

Four days after its launch on 17 January, the Jason - 3 high - precision ocean altimetry satellite is delivering its first sea surface height measurement data in near - real time for evaluation by engineers from the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), EUMETSAT, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and scientists from the international Ocean Surface Topography Science Team.

Furthermore, tornadoes can be influenced by many regional factors, including topography of the land and areas where cooler air meets warm, subtropical air, making it difficult to attribute the shift in the tornado season to any one factor, he said.

To that end, they combined data they collected in 1999 and 2000 with satellite sea surface topography information provided by Robert Leben of the University of Colorado.

Multiple views taken by New Horizons as it passed by Charon allow stereo measurements of topography, shown in the color - coded version of the image.

After puzzling it over and practically wallpapering his house with seafloor topography and magnetic field maps, in 1993 Klimley hypothesized that somehow their oblong - shaped heads can sense tiny changes in the magnetic lines created by volcanic lava flows.

«The technique developed by both research groups could be used for 3D scanning mechanical original parts, archaeological findings or the generation of virtual models respecting real dimensions (topographies)» the specialist explained.

GeoGuessr: By mixing Google Earth with road trip snapshots, the Swedish team behind this viral sensation have created a number of free and addictive games testing your knowledge of geography, topography and language — including one on famous places.

In the Himalaya, the region of high topography is set back some 80 kilometers north of the active frontal thrust, leading to the conventional wisdom that the Himalaya grow by slip on a ramp beneath the High Himalaya.

Using data from the ERS - 1 and ERS - 2 satellites, both operated by the European Space Agency, the researchers collected images of the topography of several volcanoes over a 10 - year period.

These pulses appear merged as a single tremor, which can be picked up by seismometers up to 40 kilometers away, depending on topography and wind.

(see Graphic) The Tsunamis that struck a small island off the coast of Japan last week — leaving 240 people dead or missing — were intensified by the island's topography, say local hydrologists.

The spatial patterns of forest harvesting intensity were well explained by forest - resource related variables (i.e., the share of plantation species, growing stock, forest cover), site conditions (i.e., topography, accessibility), and country - specific characteristics, whereas socioeconomic variables were less important.

They combined data on the surface height, or topography, with variations in mass revealed by disparities in the surface's gravitational force, looking for telltale changes in mass under Tharsis.

Sponsored by the two organizations, the HDTV - equipped spacecraft Kaguya entered lunar orbit last month and went on to shoot a combined eight minutes of crisp video (available here) from a distance of around 60 miles (100 kilometers), offering a panoramic view of the moon's northern topography.

Wang, Chaudhury and their colleagues reported their results today (Feb. 1) in Nature Physics, a journal of Nature magazine, in an article titled «Directional transport of high - temperature Janus droplets mediated by structural topography.»

Such a shift would have had a significant impact on the appearance of the planet, whose topography in this early configuration was recalculated by Matsuyama with the aim of examining the effects of the relief on primitive Mars.

«All - terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography.»

By contrast, due to Titan's thick, hazy atmosphere, the global map of Titan's topography is extremely fuzzy, showing only the broadest features.

«This work demonstrates the unique capability of micro-to-nanoscale topographies of the crumpled graphene - Au nanoparticles — higher density, three - dimensional optically active materials — that are further enhanced by the formation of hot spots, bringing the nanoparticles closer,» explained Juyoung Leem, a graduate student and first author of the study, «Mechanically Self - Assembled, Three - Dimensional Graphene?Gold Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoplasmonic Sensors,» published in Nano Letters.

To explain that observation, the researchers developed a model in which each bump in the topography on the surface of Titan is offset by a deeper «root» big enough to overwhelm the gravitational effect of the bump on the surface.

Imaging and Analyzing Southern California's Active Faults with High - Resolution Topography January 25 - 26, 2016 Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona Sponsored by Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), OpenTopography, UNAVCO, and EarthScope

Complex surface attributes, such as its topography and chemical properties, are not explored here but are expected to influence cluster sizes in some natural environments by increasing the complexity of fluid flow patterns, inducing short - range cell relocation and modifying the long - range relocation mechanism.

Imaging and Analyzing Active Faults with High - Resolution Topography May 2 - 3, 2016, California Geological Survey facility in Sacramento, California Sponsored by OpenTopography and California Geological Survey

Processing and Analysis of GeoEarthscope and Other Community LiDAR Topography Datasets October 27, 2007 Denver, CO, USA Geological Society of America Short Course sponsored by Arizona State and UNAVCO

Applications of High Resolution Topography to Geologic Hazards in Utah September 19 - 20, 2017 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Supported by: Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, Utah Geological Survey, University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics

2017 GSA short course: High Resolution Topography and 3D Imaging II: Introduction to Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry October 21, 2017 - Seattle, WA Supported by: UNAVCO, OpenTopography

An afternoon with high resolution topography and point clouds: demonstration of OpenTopography and CloudCompare 29 March 2017 — Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers du CNRS (at the University of Rennes, Rennes, France) Organized by the LIDAR platform topo - bathymétrique Nantes - Rennes

Imaging and Analyzing Active Faults with High - Resolution Topography April 18 - 19, 2016, UNAVCO facility in Boulder, Colorado Sponsored by OpenTopography, UNAVCO, NCALM, and EarthScope

Topography can also influence fire behavior by determining local microclimates — for example, variations in local snowpack, temperature, and humidity (Holden and Jolly 2011)-- or alignment with prevailing winds (Sharples 2009) which increase fire spread.

The tip's infinitesimal up - and - down movements are picked up by a sensor so that the sample's topography can be determined.

Fire regimes are characterized by interactive relationships, across temporal and spatial scales, between climate and weather, vegetation and fuels, and ignition sources and topography (Parisien and Moritz 2009).

- Imaging An AFM images the topography of a sample surface by scanning the cantilever over a region of interest.

It works by sensing the topography of a sample as it scans across it thanks to a very fine probe (the cantilever), which has an extremely sharp tip at its end that touches the surface of the sample.

Prognosis in Patients With Sentinel Node - Positive Melanoma Is Accurately Defined by the Combined Rotterdam Tumor Load and Dewar Topography Criteria.

Permafrost is not exclusively determined by air temperature, with topography, soil properties and snow depth all playing a role, the authors acknowledge.

Florin began by studying single molecules with atomic force microscopy (AFM), where the topography of a surface is felt with atomic precision using a tip and cantilever in a similar way to a stylus reading a vinyl record.