Sentences with phrase «elevation change»

According to the race's official website, «The 125 - km course begins and ends on a 4,200 - foot plateau, passes over three mountain summits and includes 17,000 feet of elevation change, as well as a major river crossing at the spectacular Hell's Gate canyon, where the Smoky and Sulphur rivers converge.»

For cyclists or those into mountain sports, elevation change becomes all the more useful than those just running on the flat.

A mostly flat city, with little elevation change throughout, Santa Ana is a great place to commute by bike.

This might include adding a strip of bright coloured paint to a step or elevation change, where trip accidents had been previously reported.

The elevation change was approximately one - and - one - quarter to one - and - one - half inch in addition to the elevation change created by the depression.

Garzione and colleagues state that the climate under which new minerals recorded elevation change resembled the modern climate, he says, «but they've never tested it.»

Well, the Andes» sudden growth would have required the ambient wildlife to adapt to the pressure / elevation change through natural selection — potentially leading to some species extinctions — and may have resulted in the introduction of new species.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120013495.pdf During 2003 to 2008, the mass gain of the Antarctic ice sheet from snow accumulation exceeded the mass loss from ice discharge by 49 Gt / yr (2.5 % of input), as derived from ICESat laser measurements of elevation change.

Brandon, Micro climates only miles apart or (hundreds of meters apart with elevation change) create significant differences.

The limited resolution of GRACE affects the uncertainty of total mass loss to a smaller degree; we illustrate the «real» sources of mass changes by including satellite altimetry elevation change results in a joint inversion with GRACE, showing that mass change occurs primarily associated with major outlet glaciers, as well as a narrow coastal band.

Heck, you can get big changes in temperature over just a few hundred feet, if the elevation change is big enough.

While the local effects of ice albedo and land elevation change are huge (because the local forcings are huge, particularly for ice albedo), their widescale climate effects are limited by their location on land.

What about earthquake - induced elevation change, coastal erosion change following a cliff fall, temperature and precipitation change from variation in ocean currents, effects of ENSO, PDO and AMO, etc..?

Mass Gains of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Exceed Losses http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20120013495 SCAR ISMASS Workshop, July 14, 2012 «During 2003 to 2008, the mass gain of the Antarctic ice sheet from snow accumulation exceeded the mass loss from ice discharge by 49 Gt / yr (2.5 % of input), as derived from ICESat laser measurements of elevation change

The glaciological threesome report their findings in the journal, The Cryosphere as - Elevation and elevation change of Greenland and Antarctica derived from CryoSat - 2.

Satellite radar altimetry, in which timing of a radar or laser beam return back to a satellite is used as a measure of surface elevation, enabled researchers to assess ice mass by examining elevation change over time.

TO JMADDEN: i think that as long as you have some prior hiking experience (Inca Trail would definitely qualify) and you are prepared both physically and mentally, and have researched thoroughly the different aspects of hike i.e. elevation change, cliffy sections, water requirements, etc.etc.

Most are raised somewhat and surrounded by closely mown swales, creating the impression of more elevation change than is really there.

People who switch from a low altitude to a higher one can benefit from snacking on peanuts until they adjust to the elevation change.

«If you look at VIR there is a wide variety of transition, straights, elevation change, slow corners and fast corners.

Hit a bump or encounter an elevation change and the suspension hesitates for a moment, leaving you wondering how it's going to react.

Algarve is not a track to misjudge, and the surfaces only compound the natural challenge of its elevation change and blind corners.

The seven turn track has only one left hander, but six right handers, and an elevation change

Club Motorsports is a daunting 2.5 - mile road course built on rolling, wooded terrain with 250 feet of elevation change, lots off camber corners, and blind turns better suited for something like a Porsche 911 GT3.

Motorsports Park General Manager Mitch Wright says the rolling Kentucky terrain and track features like the «Sinkhole» with its big and sudden elevation change are perfect for RideTech suspension components.

There is a lot of elevation change, so you put your trust in the corner workers when you are coming over crests and blind turns.

On hundreds of rolling wooded acres with breathtaking views, we've built a heart - pounding ribbon through the woods: 15 turns over 2.5 miles with an elevation change of 250 feet.

The historic circuit spans 13 miles, encompasses 73 corners, is relatively narrow, features a lot of elevation change and I have never previously been on it.

In short, Bilster - Berg is a mini Green Hell: 2.6 miles with 19 corners, many blind and some off - camber, 200 meters of elevation change with grades as steep as 26 percent, and 44 hill crests that unload the car.

If I knew I was gonna slingshot to Mars, I would have done more than learn Road Atlanta's legendary 12 turns and 125 feet of elevation change on «Forza Motorsport 7.»

From a driver's perspective, the Road Atlanta circuit presents an extremely difficult challenge featuring a lot of elevation change mixed with very high - speed corners.

The track's sprawling layout provided nice mix of elevation change, sweepers, and switchback corners that let us experience the Mustang's brakes, acceleration and grip level.

As a Michigander, I don't really have that elevation change, but I do have a capital U, Up North, and the smell changes there too.

It was just a magical place that was fast, challenging and had lots of elevation change.

Grattan's a complex track with several blind corners, lots of elevation change, and a fiendish off - camber left - hander.

The loop is relatively tight without elevation change, emulating an autocross course more so than a road course.

A signature corner with a lot of elevation change?

One mile long and 40 feet wide with 80 feet of elevation change, the lovely track that Wilzig was ultimately able to construct lends itself to several configurations but is ideally suited to exercising his sterling collection of Grand Prix motorcycles.

Spring Mountain's 2.2 - mile north / south circuit is a tight, ten - turn course with minimal elevation change, one fast left, one medium - length straight, a wealth of medium - speed lefts and rights, and wide verges.

The route has some history, too: in the town of Lockport, for example, you can see an original lock built to accommodate the canal's 600 - foot elevation change.

1,000 feet of elevation change corresponds to about 2 - 5 F ° of temperature change.

Legislator Rhoads has written to Governor Cuomo and New York Rising to request an extension of the deadline for the benefit of approximately 6,100 homeowners expected to submit elevation change application documents.

It also has a fair bit of elevation change - on one section, there's even a couple of small jumps.

But because of that elevation change, and some of the Sunday pins, there are several blind shots.

Engineers designed a simple case hold - down into these incline conveyors to have cases remain stable during the elevation change.

The trip was awesome overall but one day we had to cover something like 15 very rough miles with a lot of elevation change.

There's the new M8 co-processor, which tracks your activity using the phone's myriad sensors, including a barometer to measure elevation changes.

REMEMBER: Most if not nearly All recipes are written for sea level and elevation changes the boiling point of liquid ingredients.

Temecula Creek Inn's 27 - Hole championship golf course is surrounded by more than 300 acres of natural beauty — dramatic elevation changes, majestic mountain views, and sunshine.

The 72 - par course, designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest, meanders through Temecula Valley with incredible vista views and elevation changes, most notably on the 488 - yard 6th hole where elevation drops nearly 300 feet from tee to green.