Sentences with phrase «focusing on rainfall»

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«My research focuses on the way in which patterns change as annual rainfall varies.

Sebastian said focusing on 100 - year events is also problematic because short, intense rainfall events that don't meet the 100 - year threshold can still cause serious flooding.

Rather than focusing just on lower rainfall, the team measured three types of drought as they affect Jordan: rainfall decrease, agricultural soil moisture loss and declines in freshwater streams.

Most of the focus has been on the global mean temperature trend in the models and observations (it would certainly be worthwhile to look at some more subtle metrics — rainfall, latitudinal temperature gradients, Hadley circulation etc. but that's beyond the scope of this post).

Pilot study focusing on a region vulnerable to climate change Although the study highlights that long term changes in rainfall intensity are not always» man - made,» it does not necessarily mean that today's weather anomalies across the Indian Ocean rim countries and, in particular, their frequency, are not subject to human influence.

The meteorological news continues to focus on exceptionally heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Harvey.

When Xenoblade Chronicles came out across the world over the span of two years, the focus initially was more on its inclusion in the Operation Rainfall campaign.

Most of the focus has been on the global mean temperature trend in the models and observations (it would certainly be worthwhile to look at some more subtle metrics — rainfall, latitudinal temperature gradients, Hadley circulation etc. but that's beyond the scope of this post).

Focusing on the influence of greenhouse - driven climate change on weather extremes (except for rainfall and heat) takes the debate into terrain that favors those trying to exploit uncertainty because, for extremes that matter most to society, the science is murky, at best.

The large majority of studies focuses on Africa and use satellite - enhanced rainfall data collected since 1980.

This study investigates the variability of convective and stratiform rainfall from 8 yr (1998â $ «2005) of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) measurements, focusing on seasonal diurnal varirainfall from 8 yr (1998â $ «2005) of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) measurements, focusing on seasonal diurnal variRainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) measurements, focusing on seasonal diurnal variability.

Their methods were a little different: they focused on 7 - day rainfall totals rather than 3 - day totals, for example, and checked for the influence of El Niño / La Niña conditions.

The article focuses on the study which examines the impact of climate change on rainfall variability in tropical countries.

Numerous stalagmite studies have examined variations in monsoon rainfall over previous millennia in China at the northern margin of the Indo - Pacific tropical rain belt, but only a handful of studies have focused on its southern margin.

(11/12/2012) Policymakers seeking to conserve forests in southern India should focus on those receiving the highest levels of rainfall, according to new research.

Her research focuses on understanding variability and trends in the seasonal cycle of rainfall over Africa.

Dr Jennifer Marohasy is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Central Queensland University with six recent peer - reviewed publications in climate science focused on the application of artificial intelligence to rainfall forecasting.

If climate change alters the earth's ecosystems and rainfall levels to the point that we can't rely on usual methods or locations for water and food supplies, then that means food and water production will need to be the focus of clean tech.

The statistical analyses in these Hurricane Harvey studies focused on extreme precipitation in general, to which hurricanes contributed, but were not analyses of extreme rainfall only from hurricanes.

In my discussions I have focussed exclusively on the water flow in the Indus, the rainfall, and the geographical extent of the flood.

While the initial focus of Weather@home ANZ is on extreme events that occurred in 2013, simulations will also be performed for other years, allowing scientists to assess better the possible role of climate change in such events as the Black Saturday bushfires in Australia in 2009, the record rainfall event in Golden Bay, New Zealand in 2011 and the record rainfall events in eastern Australia in 2010 and 2011.

«Until we focus on regional phenomena, in a place like Australia we may struggle to know exactly how rainfall, heat waves and sea level rise will change in different parts of our country,» said Sarah Perkins - Kirkpatrick, of the University of New South Wales, and a co-author.

Her work focuses on how climate change affects rainfall and water - related weather extremes.