Sentences with phrase «continuous water column»

Samuelson et al. -LRB-[2004]-RRB- showed a lag effect in the response of foliage to large changes in precipitation by correlating current growth of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) with the previous year's LAI, and Sperry et al. -LRB-[2002]-RRB- explained how combinations of soil texture and xylem can impose «hydraulic limits» on the ability of the foliage to maintain adequate pressure potentials to support a continuous water column.

(Remember, the xylem is a continuous water column that extends from the leaf to the roots.)

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The Indian Ocean Garbage Patch on a continuous ocean map centered near the south pole The Indian Ocean garbage patch, discovered in 2010, is a gyre of marine litter suspended in the upper water column of the central Indian Ocean, specifically the Indian Ocean Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres.

Two profiling gliders with extended endurance providing continuous upper water column measurements