Sentences with phrase «flash rate»

«We can now observe lightning flash rate density in very fine detail on a global scale,» says Richard Blakeslee, LIS project scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
For a long time it was a mystery as to how some firefly species manage such a high flash rate, considering the relatively slow speed of the muscles that control oxygen transport.
Higher male flash rates, as well as increased flash intensity, have been shown to be more attractive to females in two different firefly species.
However, the use of a physically based lightning parameterization — incorporating cloud ice fluxes — reveals global flash rates in 2100 may decrease by 15 % under RCP8.5.
«Then, if the flash rate suddenly jumps to at least twice the standard deviation of that running average, there is a high probability the updraft in that cell has strengthened, a supercell is forming and severe weather is more likely with that storm.»
But it turns out a styrofoam lid is indeed pretty scary to the clams, because their flash rate almost doubled from just under 2 Hz to just under 4 Hz,» said Dougherty.
As the clam's tentacles began to sense the presence of prey, their flash rate increased significantly.
In damselfish exposed to CO2 levels projected for 2100, this activity pattern stopped after the flashing rate reached 79 times per second.
One provocative finding was that the flash rate often peaks shortly before tornadoes appear.
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This should fix the flashing rate, but I'm not sure whether or not it would fix the indicator.
Only 12 % of U.S. wildfires are ignited by natural causes, but these account for 52 % of the acres burned [10], so even a small climate change in lightning flash rate has important consequences.
Since lightning increases nonlinearly with updraft strength, the net result is about a 5 % increase in lightning flash rate.
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