Sentences with phrase «for changes in elevation»

Nikon Incline / Decline (ID) Technology provides horizontal distance and actual distance display modes to account for changes in elevation and terrain.

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Standouts include The Legends Golf Course, located in the heart of Temecula, featuring 18 holes past five lakes, rolling greens, and a few diverse challenges; Temecula Creek Inn's 27 - hole Championship course that ventures through 300 acres of natural beauty and elevation changes; Journey at Pechanga, repeatedly named one of the «Best Courses You Can Play» by Golf Magazine and GolfWeek for its 72 - par 18 - hole course with challenge and stunning beauty alike; and Cross Creek Golf Course, which features an old - fashioned golf course vibe.

Published this week in Nature Climate Change, the initial study finds that embankments constructed since the 1960s are primarily to blame for lower land elevations along the Ganges - Brahmaputra River Delta, with some areas experiencing more than twice the rate of the most worrisome sea - level rise projections from the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The changes in elevation — a view of distant mountains, for instance — provide a landmark to help the viewer orient himself in the scene.

In Pompano Beach, officials are using an engineering firm to incorporate climate change into their master plan, so they can begin to plan for possible elevations of new roads and buildings.

A new NASA ice - elevation monitoring satellite called ICESAT, scheduled for launch in 2001, will help scientists watch for climate - change trends near the poles over a longer time frame, he notes.

Mountains are useful for exploring the effects of climate change because they show predictable changes in temperature and humidity with elevation: In general, sites at low elevations are warmer and drier than higher elevation sitein temperature and humidity with elevation: In general, sites at low elevations are warmer and drier than higher elevation siteIn general, sites at low elevations are warmer and drier than higher elevation sites.

Warmer conditions combined with wetter winters and springs may lengthen the window for seedling establishment in high - elevation forests, but may not change significantly in lower elevation forests (though it may shift earlier)(Keane et al. forthcoming).

To complicate matters, the optimum elevations for some plant species are shifting downhill tracking changes in water availability, as opposed to simply moving uphill, tracking changes in temperature (Crimmins et al. 2011).

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.

Our Theory of Change is grounded in two long - term goals that are inextricably linked: better outcomes for our students and the elevation of the quality and prestige of the teaching profession.

On the way to Shawan - gunk Ridge (the «Gunks») in New Paltz, N.Y., for their annual rock - climbing trip, an editor and his friend found the Genesis managed the elevation changes with aplomb, even as the turns tightened and rain began to fall.

Our mountainous ascent into the hills above Los Angeles resulted in a challenging few hours for our tester, which seemed initially eager to conquer the tight turns and dramatic elevation changes, but in the end, didn't behave with the level of composure demonstrated earlier on city and highway roads.

Digital Fuel Injection enhances throttle response and automatically adjusts for changes in temperature and elevation for optimum performance in a wide range of environments

Situated in the Kona region of Hawaii, which is widely renowned for its coffee farms, the course offers dramatic elevation changes that range from 1,800 to 2,850 feet.

The action proved lots of fun thanks to the interesting route which included a tight chicane in the middle of a small town, some tricky S bends complete with elevation changes and even a bridge crossing or two for good measure.

Explain changes in habitat / flora / fauna relationships, i.e. why habitats are moving to higher latitudes / higher elevations or flora and fauna or out of synch, or why populations are crashing / climbing for various flora and fauna... etc. 5.

Livestock grazing and fire suppression effects, for example, have arguably had minimal effects on changes in vegetation and fuel dynamics in many shrublands (e.g., southern California chaparral) or in higher elevation spruce - fir forests.

So what we have is someone who is clearly identified with an in - group (in your case «skeptics») and who asserts an asymmetry in the climate change domain that qualitatively elevates his own identity group over the out - group («realists»), asserting a cultural cognition bias in someone that he feels is identified with that out - group (without even an attempt to explain the basis for such a determination *), even those that person isn't asserting such a qualitative elevation of his own in - group.

Density histograms of mean elevation of species ranges in the present (blue) and future (red) for each climate change scenario.

The most - optimal values for changes in bedrock elevation (GIA) in response to ice sheet mass changes have to be used

The data used in the study included more than 455,000 independent estimates of changes in the land elevation of the vast ice sheets covering Antarctica, both in the western part of the continent, where ice is melting more rapidly, and in the east, where the ice is considered to be more stable, for the time being at least.

Although the study did not find a significant change in the elevation of the interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet, it shows for the first time that the thinning of the Totten glacier in that region extends to the point where the ice meets the land surface below, known as the grounding line.

Climate change projections have been provided in this report for Metro Vancouver and the Capital Regional District from several difference sources: Global Climate Models (GCMs) directly, high resolution elevation - corrected projections from GCMs, and Regional Climate Models.

In all, 15 large glacier lakes situated at an elevation between 4069 meters to 5252 meters were chosen for monitoring the changes that occurred.

The most likely candidate for that climatic variable force that comes to mind is solar variability (because I can think of no other force that can change or reverse in a different trend often enough, and quick enough to account for the historical climatic record) and the primary and secondary effects associated with this solar variability which I feel are a significant player in glacial / inter-glacial cycles, counter climatic trends when taken into consideration with these factors which are, land / ocean arrangements, mean land elevation, mean magnetic field strength of the earth (magnetic excursions), the mean state of the climate (average global temperature), the initial state of the earth's climate (how close to interglacial - glacial threshold condition it is) the state of random terrestrial (violent volcanic eruption, or a random atmospheric circulation / oceanic pattern that feeds upon itself possibly) / extra terrestrial events (super-nova in vicinity of earth or a random impact) along with Milankovitch Cycles.

This means that when you compare the raw and adjusted stations, differences in elevation and other climatological factors between the 1218 stations and the 650 stations will swamp any effects of actual adjustments (e.g. those for station moves, instrument changes, etc.).

Gradually changing a climatic parameter until some biological threshold is exceeded for most individuals and populations of a species across its geographic range — for example, increasing ambient temperature past the limit at which an animal can dissipate metabolic heat, as is happening with pikas at higher elevations in several mountain ranges (Grayson, 2005).

With respect to Church et al 2008, you're neglecting to mention (or perhaps didn't read enough of the paper to notice) is that, unlike you're «eyeballing» method, they actually adjusted tidal gauges for changes in local land elevation before drawing any conclusions from unadjusted data.

Scientific confidence of the occurrence of climate change include, for example, that over at least the last 50 years there have been increases in the atmospheric concentration of CO2; increased nitrogen and soot (black carbon) deposition; changes in the surface heat and moisture fluxes over land; increases in lower tropospheric and upper ocean temperatures and ocean heat content; the elevation of sea level; and a large decrease in summer Arctic sea ice coverage and a modest increase in Antarctic sea ice coverage.

The study, published in Nature Geoscience, adjusts for the confounding effects of historical glacial growth and retreat by examing the acceleration of the change in elevation on rocky territories, rather than the velocity.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»

Any kind of change in a footpath, like going up as you step forward, is considered a «stage» or «elevation» for accident claim purposes.

Foreign travel can be rigorous for anyone, given the changes in elevation and climate, and the presence of unfamiliar microbes.

The corner position of the LIDAR units would be consistent with the sort of 360 ° view you's want those units to have to assist in driving, for example, and it's hard to see how that change could improve LIDAR's use in mapping, where they're great at detecting elevation changes and mapping 3D structures like buildings.

A compass and barometer work to measure direction and elevation changes, and an IP68 rating means it can be fully submerged in water for up to half an hour without risking damage.