Sentences with phrase «geophysical models and observations»

The results of existing experiments have varied widely, and they don't align with predictions of olivine strength from geophysical models and observations.

Not exact matches

They tested high - performance computational models against known geological and geophysical observations of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and demonstrated that a drip of lithospheric material below the surface can account for the measured elevation changes across the region.

Shown are the 1988 - 2014trends in springtime ozone levels on days that were very smoggy (top panel) and of average smogginess (bottom panel), from observations (left) and from a model built by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (right).

Employing such reservoirs into their models is supported by geophysical observations of two, continent - sized regions — one below the Pacific Ocean and one below parts of the Atlantic Ocean and Africa — sitting atop the core - mantle boundary.

Methods: As reported in Geophysical Research Letters, the team led by scientists from PNNL and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory used both observations and models to derive their new formula.

Michel and colleagues took advantage of the wealth of geophysical data that have been collected in this region, using a catalog of earthquakes that have occurred in the area and models of the fault slip rate inferred from surface deformation given by Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite observations of ground changes.

In this study we examine the impact of SAL effects on ocean mass redistribution under different surface loads (land hydrology, atmospheric pressure, ocean dynamics), using a number of geophysical models and GRACE observations.

Here are some experimental results from Diurnal Cycling - Observations and Models of the Upper Ocean Response to Diurnal Heating, Price and Weller, Journal of Geophysical Research (1986):

The study, which appeared in a recent issue of Geophysical Research Letters, used 16 years of monthly mean observations from satellites, ground stations, and computer models to look at the relationship between dust particles in the air, called mineral aerosols, and cloud properties.

There is a deep literature on the basic theory developed from first principles, models, experiments and observations (in many areas of physics, chemistry, geology, biology), and a large published body of empirical geophysical and biological evidence from real world systems, the majority of which is consistent with this underpinning science.

David B. Rowley, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago, and fellow researchers came to the conclusions by combining observations of the East Pacific Rise with insights from modeling of the mantle flow there.