Sentences with phrase «caused by altitude»

These are the questions Pat sets out to answer when her cousin, the famous scientist - adventurer Doc Savage, diagnoses her account as a hallucination caused by altitude sickness.

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That overpressure, caused when the bomb detonates at a low altitude over its target, is designed to crush underground tunnels and bunkers like the ones often used by ISIS.

But once you've added diapers and sippy cups to your packing list, you have more than just your whims to consider when selecting a destination... That beach might be surrounded by jungle that's filled with malaria - carrying mosquitos; reliving that moment in history may involve trekking through territory that's politically unstable, and that fabled spot may be so high it'll cause altitude sickness.

Sonic booms have caused alarm and damage when they have been produced in isolated cases by supersonic military jets flying over thinly populated areas; to allow a new fleet of booming supersonic transports to pass over cities at low altitudes during operations near metropolitan airports is clearly impossible.»

A team of scientists find in the Laguna de Rio Seco lagoon, at an altitude of 3,020 m., evidence of atmospheric pollution caused by lead and linked to metallurgical activities from 3,900 years ago (Early Bronze Age).

In previous years, the Antarctic ozone hole, which is caused by destructive chemical reactions involving CFCs released by human activities, had formed at higher altitudes — above 15 kilometres.

Ever since human beings first began climbing the world's tallest mountains, they have struggled with a basic problem: altitude sickness, caused by lower air pressures which affect the ability of our bodies to take up oxygen.

That helps them avoid serious problems caused by too much hemoglobin, but Tibetans with this so - called decreased hemoglobin phenotype must somehow use small amounts of oxygen efficiently to get enough of it to their limbs while exercising at high altitude.

Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan - like DNA.

The special tea relieved him from the fatigue and exhaustion caused by the extreme altitude and below 0 temperatures and gave him incredible energy, focus, and clarity.

Yes, low air density (usually caused by high altitudes) will reduce engine output significantly.

Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxigen at high aAltitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxigen at high aaltitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxigen at high aaltitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxigen at high altitudealtitude.

Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high aAltitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high aaltitude illness, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high aaltitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitudealtitude.

A major focus has been orthostatic tolerance»» the body's ability to circumvent hypotension and withstand pressure during gravitational stress, often caused by quick changes of altitude, or the more extreme circumstances of being launched into the earth's stratosphere or submerged to the oceans» depths.

Themes of transformation, presence, and absence, and the human ability to withstand pressure caused by quick changes of altitude, have been recurrent concerns for Strachan.

It is caused by chemical reactions that take place primarily on the surface of polar stratospheric clouds, ice particles or liquid droplets which form at high altitudes in extreme cold.

Ozone holes are caused by chemical reactions that take place primarily on the surface of polar stratospheric clouds, ice particles, or liquid droplets, which form at high altitudes in the extreme cold of the polar regions.

The temperature difference with altitude that is caused by gravity is well established in the field of Fluid Mechanics, but seems to be foreign to, or ignored by, Climate Scientists.

Anyway, the original ERBE data used by Lindzen - Choi was not corrected for decaying altitude (caused by the satellite orbiting through very tenuous atmosphere).

Aside from kinetic energy there can be no other joules present at equilibrium, only the potential with altitude to have more when gravity does its stuff by causing something to move and acquire actual energy (thereby becoming capable of «doing work»).

Since the real radiative surface of the Earth is up in the atmosphere at altitude, then the natural adiabatic gradient caused by gravity guarantees that the ground surface, where humans live, will be warmer in temperature than the radiative surface at altitude, where the surface for photons is.

A new NASA analysis of 30 years of satellite data suggests that a previously observed trend of high - altitude clouds in the mid-latitudes shifting toward the poles is caused primarily by the expansion of the tropics.

Condensation at altitude then causes a pressure drop which is by far the most significant driver of vertical motion — bouyancy (over the ocean) is like the starter motor which sets the main engine in motion.

Spencer, Christy and other scientists have had to develop small corrections that they use every month to reduce errors caused by the satellites losing altitude or drifting in their orbits.

Small increases in CO2 could cause small increases in temperature by slightly raising the average altitude of outgoing radiation, but it appears negative feedback from cloud variation reduces even this small effect.

According to [University of Calgary aurora researcher] Eric Donovan's analysis of satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Swarm mission, Steve is caused by a 25 km wide ribbon of hot gases at an altitude of 450 km (280 miles), wih a temperature of 3000 °C and flowing at a speed of 6 km / s (compared to 10 m / s outside the ribbon).

Global warming, which scientists say is being caused primarily by the human release of greenhouse gases, is having its largest effects at high latitudes and high altitudes.

Interestingly, hypoxemia can be caused by exertion at high altitudes, where oxygen is scarce.