Sentences with phrase «elevation above»

The exact amount of the increase depends on the home's elevation above flood level.

Of course when the sun hits at an oblique angle the number of watts per square metre of surface is lower (proportional in fact to 1 / sin (A) where A is the elevation above the horizon.).

The lapse rate, strictly speaking, applies to elevation above ground level (which is strongly affected by local atmospheric conditions such as absolute humidity and the rate of change of the absolute humidity in space and time) and this should be considered when making certain kinds of comparisons.

For the summer monsoon season in southeast Arizona, meteorologists track the transport of low - altitude water vapor, which is defined as altitudes below 700 millibars or 3,000 m (9,900 ft) in elevation above mean sea level.

A glacier that is approaching equilibrium during retreat will thin mostly near the terminus, and at some elevation above the terminus, usually near the equilibrium line or in the lower accumulation zone, there will be comparatively little thinning (Schwitter and Raymond, 1993).

Bidisha: Mark Leckey's elevation above three serious female artists on the Turner prize shortlist is the latest example of an ancient injustice

They precede by decades the artificial separation of identity art from, and elevation above, other kinds of art.

On the top level, the driver can configure the Points - of - Interest (POI); the middle level has geographic information such as the current elevation above sea level; the lower «Car» level shows the route and the position of the vehicle.

One scene that guarantees its elevation above the rabble sees teenager Dwayne (Paul Dano) realise he's colour - blind, and thus will never be able to achieve his dream of becoming a jet fighter.

b. Elevation above a given level, as of the sun or a star above the Health - Dating - Marriage section contains basic English lessons on Health, Body Parts, Dieting, and Dating.

RESULTS: IgG was significantly elevated in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis as a group, and elevation above the upper limit of the normal range was found mostly in patients with hypothyroidism.

The trick is to realize that the spin has not one but two pointing angles, one for the north - east - south - west direction, and the other for the elevation above the horizon.

The claim of a 270 - meter run up, which is a measure of the elevation above sea level a wave reaches on shore, is «certainly possible,» says James Goff, a paleotsunami expert at University of New South Wales, Sydney, in Australia.

We had existed for two days in what climbers call the Death Zone — any elevation above 26,200 feet.

It is almost as though the Christian must be puffed up because of this proud elevation above everything men commonly call misfortune, above that which men commonly call the greatest evil.

«The reentry vehicle sees its highest stress level at elevations above ten kilometers.

According to Forero - Medina, more than half of all birds live at elevations above 1,000 meters, and of those, more than 80 percent live in the tropics.

Taking measurements in 1993 and 1998, the researchers found that the cap's interior was stable or grew slightly at elevations above 2000 meters, a result also seen in satellite data from 1978 to 1988.

The two papers don't mention any velocity changes due to increased slope, but they do record that at elevations above 1500 - 2000 m, the ice has been growing in thickness by about 5 - 6 cm / yr, whereas below the 1500m level there's been a thinning of about -2 cm / yr.

In 2005 the Greenland ice sheet lost around 53 cubic miles (220 cubic kilometers) of mass — more than two times the amount it lost in 1996 (22 cubic miles, or 90 cubic kilometers).5 The melt area set a new record in 2007: it was about 60 percent larger than the previous record in 1998, and extended farther inland.7, 8 By 2007 the melt season at elevations above 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) was a month longer than the average from 1988 to 2006.9

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In their book, the Heath brothers write about «moments of elevation... experiences that rise above the routine.

They will travel in formation at approximate speeds of 315 to 345 mph at an elevation of 1,000 feet above U.S. Bank Stadium.

One study reported that traders made significantly higher profits on days when their morning testosterone levels were above their daily average, and that increased variability in profits and uncertainty in the market was reliably associated with elevations in their cortisol levels27.

New infrastructure projects also had to be flood - proofed — new roads and railways would have to be 2 feet above the 100 - year flood elevation standard and new hospitals 3 feet above.

The immediate background of Heidegger's elevation of history above nature is of course German historicism, notably Dilthey and Hegel.

A lower - key approach might avoid the very elevation of sexual issues above other ethical matters that the liberated say they want to avoid.

Both of the major camps of social conservative reaction to the challenges of the last few years are right in part: We have always had to struggle against the inclination of our liberal society to furiously pound itself into what Edmund Burke called «the dust and powder of individuality,» and to resist its elevation of choice above commitment.

The elevation of the pulpit lifts the Word of God above life, and would seem to contradict the concept of its embodiment in the life of the people.

He understood that when the effect of past oppression has been to leave people in a diminished state, the attainment of true equality with their former oppressor can not much depend on his generosity but must ultimately derive from an elevation of their selves above the state of diminishment.

If a flood but goes above one's head, its absolute elevation becomes a matter of small importance; and when we touch our own upper limit and live in our own highest centre of energy, we may call ourselves saved, no matter how much higher some one else's centre may be.

Obama's elevation of bodily suffering above all other considerations, as he articulates it in his remarks to the press following his new executive order on stem cell research, is clearly an expression of this Cartesian legacy, of a modern science pregnant with moral attachments.

The Blue Ridge Mountains where the bison graze are more than 3,000 feet above sea level, and Dr. King feels that helps the bison the same way it creates more red blood cells in athletes training at elevation.

The 47 - Ten wines are named for the elevation of our vineyard (4,710 feet above sea level).

The entire region is above 1000 feet elevation and receives cooling Pacific Ocean influences.

Elevations here are above 1400 feet.

And because the OCC campus is on the highest elevation in Oklahoma County, and the track is built on an incline above the campus, and its second curve faces the southwest — whence the winds normally come — it can be semiscientifically deduced that the second curve at the OCC track is just about the windiest corner in the U.S. in early spring.

• Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) at Toyon Bay, Cherry Cove and Fox Landing • Astrocamp, located at an elevation of 5,000» in Idyllwild, California, in the mountains above Palm Springs.

Fultz excels at making shots with a defender right in his face, like the ones above, due to his high release point and excellent elevation.

Check into the Pit, the below - ground arena in Albuquerque, where the elevation (5,200 feet above sea level, then 86 feet down into the earth) is posted in the visitors» locker room, and the crowd is so crazy that Colson has to use t «ai chi to calm down his team to a functional emotional level.

Elevation «'' Above the level of the heart for swelling and pain.

On a day when Arsenal fans should be celebrating our elevation back into the Top Four (and back above Tottenham) we are instead discussing a woeful performance against a Leicester side that are rock bottom of the Premier League.

A low - tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide.

The highest elevation in the county is a U.S. Geological Survey benchmark known as «Bailey» at approximately 299 m (980 feet) above sea level in Mountain Lakes Park near the Connecticut state line.

However, nearby Jackie Jones Mountain also has a summit above 390 m (1,280 feet) whose exact elevation is not known and may well be higher.

The highest elevation is Hunter Mountain, at approximately 4,040 feet (1,232 m) above sea level; the lowest is sea level along the Hudson.

With four seasons, an elevation ranging from 500 to 2000 feet above sea level and five lakes, including Chautauqua Lake, western New York's largest inland lake, Chautauqua County offers plenty of outdoor recreation.

That is because current rules say any elevation can only include habitable spaces that are adjacent to or above the adjacent grade level.

It's the only Southern Hemisphere bear, calling the Andes home and occupying a range of habitats, including elevations more than 15,000 feet above sea level.

Goose bumps, shivering, extensor movements of the arms, rapid flexion of the elbows, elevation of the arms above the bed, crossing of the hands, reaching of the hands toward the neck, forced exhalation, and thoracic respiratory - like movements... These complex sequential movements are felt to be release phenomena from the spinal cord including the upper cervical cord and do not [emphasis author's] mean that the patient is no longer brain dead.»

Also, because of Quelccaya's high elevation (about 3.5 miles above sea level), only significant air pollution can reach the ice cap.