Sentences with phrase «global patterns such»

E. 7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measureable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation.

Not exact matches

The end result, investors say, is that the national team is unwittingly encouraging short - term trading patterns that amplify the detachment of stock markets, which have become less responsive to fundamental drivers such as earnings trends, domestic economic data and shifts in global markets.

This job polarization seems to be related to global developments like technological change, trade patterns, as well as institutional factors such as the decline of unionization.

Technically speaking, such a designation is not entirely incorrect, since the use of a given mathematical algorithm (which describes the time series progressions of a non-linear system) always give the same global patterns in its phase - map plottings.

The timing of such uplift is important in helping scientists to understand how mountains form, how they erode and what impact this may have on global atmospheric circulation patterns and climate.

«We analyzed, for the first time at such a large scale, global patterns of island vertebrate extinctions in relation to different types of invasive mammals and physical island conditions,» McCreless said.

Researchers mapped the brain's connections as one would analyze a large - scale network such as the U.S electrical grid, global flight patterns or Linkedin professional connections, creating a model of the brain's «connectome.»

In addition, global sea level can fluctuate due to climate patterns such as El Niños and La Niñas (the opposing phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO) which influence ocean temperature and global precipitation patterns.

Dr. Cole's project, «Mechanistic Derivation of Germ Line Mutation by Genome - Wide Mouse Tetrad Analysis,» will help define the global patterns of de novo germ line mutations and the frequencies at which such mutations occur in mice, with the long term goal of understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying germ line mutagenesis and developing strategies to prevent or treat disorders caused by such mutations.

Pattern mixing, warms colors, fringe, embroidery, patchwork and touches of fur detailing all give this trend such global popularity.

Students explore the global pattern and identify regions most affected by global warming, through a number of interactive resources produced by media services such as the BBC as well...

Students explore the global pattern and identify regions most affected by global warming, through a number of interactive resources produced by media services such as the BBC as well research organisation like NASA and the IPCC.

«They have identified human impact through phenomena such as: Transformed patterns of sediment erosion and deposition worldwide; major disturbances to the carbon cycle and global temperature; wholesale changes to the world's plants and animals; ocean acidification.

For example, reflecting sunlight would likely reduce the Earth's average temperature but could also change global circulation with potentially serious consequences such as changing storm tracks and precipitation patterns throughout the world.

Mike's work, like that of previous award winners, is diverse, and includes pioneering and highly cited work in time series analysis (an elegant use of Thomson's multitaper spectral analysis approach to detect spatiotemporal oscillations in the climate record and methods for smoothing temporal data), decadal climate variability (the term «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» or «AMO» was coined by Mike in an interview with Science's Richard Kerr about a paper he had published with Tom Delworth of GFDL showing evidence in both climate model simulations and observational data for a 50 - 70 year oscillation in the climate system; significantly Mike also published work with Kerry Emanuel in 2006 showing that the AMO concept has been overstated as regards its role in 20th century tropical Atlantic SST changes, a finding recently reaffirmed by a study published in Nature), in showing how changes in radiative forcing from volcanoes can affect ENSO, in examining the role of solar variations in explaining the pattern of the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age, the relationship between the climate changes of past centuries and phenomena such as Atlantic tropical cyclones and global sea level, and even a bit of work in atmospheric chemistry (an analysis of beryllium - 7 measurements).

We need to be cognizant of everything from local - scale stable boundary layer micrometeorolgy and ocean unstable boundary layer turbulent processes to global oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns such as the Arctic Oscillation and the Gulf Stream's seasonal evolution.

However, to support the assertion that global warming is responsible for a great deal of damage from such events, it is sufficient to show that such events have the «signature» of global warming — for example, that specific global warming - related factors such as abnormally high sea surface temperatures, elevated water vapor levels, and altered jet stream patterns contributed to making Hurricane Sandy what it was — even if those factors can not be precisely quantified.

Now who would pick part of such a repeating pattern and call it peak of global warming?

The thick line in figure A shows the underlying trend in global average temperatures obtained using such a «pattern - recognizing» statistical technique.2 It isn't a straight line, but it clearly indicates a warming trend.

I would say that's weather not climate change but I already got the lecture on how global warming causes freezing in the prairies by disrupting wind patterns so more cold air gets drawn down from the arctic warming it more so ice melts more, or some such folderol.

Phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña — which warm and cool the tropical Pacific Ocean and cause corresponding variations in global wind and weather patterns — contribute to short - term variations in global temperatures.

The pattern and spatial gradients of forcing affect global and regional temperature responses as well as other aspects of climate response such as the hydrologic cycle.

«Increasing weather volatility or other long - term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients... we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas...» — Chipotle 2013 Annual Report

We will analyze synoptic - scale weather patterns from global reanalysis models over the past 50 years, utilizing a variety of techniques including self - organizing maps, such that these weather patterns can be tied to variations in core proxies, as well as relate this to ten years (2003 - 2013) of records from about a dozen automated weather stations located on and near McCall Glacier.

Type 2 results, even from global models used in a prediction mode, still retain real world information in the atmosphere (such as from long wave jet stream patterns), as well as sea surface temperatures, deep soil moisture, and other climate variables that have long term persistence.

The inability of global climate models to match the timing or placement of short - term or regional precipitation patterns such as the West African monsoon may be alleviated by «downscaling» to use smaller scale climate models with increased area resolution.

It appears we agree on the inability of the global models to simulate the natural variations on decadal and, presumably longer time scales, of large scale circulation patterns such as ENSO, the PDO, the NAO etc..

And so a strong claim can be made that climate change is now at least partially responsible for all global weather although the part played by climate change could be small for any individual climate event relative to other causes such as normal ocean circulation patterns.

Pieces of this coupling have been introduced previously: that forest loss / gains perturb the surface energy budget sufficiently to influence global climate [15,25]; and that remote, large - scale climate patterns, such as El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), impact ecosystem productivity [37,38].

«given the variety of factors that can influence global temperatures, it is striking that such a consistent pattern between CO 2 and temperature emerges for many intervals of the Phanerozoic.»

«The global mean climate responses to different forcings may differ because of the character of the forcings themselves (such as their geographical or vertical distribution) and because different forcings induce different patterns of surface warming or cooling, thereby affecting the net top - of - atmosphere radiation imbalance, and thus the ocean heat uptake rate.»

I've tried to piece all these effects together, changing conditions of moisture, pressure, heat, wind patterns, and have come away with the impression that AGW modelers are out of their friggin gourds if they think they can predict future global conditions, especially such as a drier southwest US.

Global warming leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth» surface causing melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea levels and also unnatural patterns of precipitation such as flash floods, excessive snow or desertification.

In other words, under solar or anthropogenic influence the changes in mean climate values, such as the global temperature, are less important than increased duration of certain climate patterns associated say with cold conditions in some regions and warm conditions in the other regions

In contrast, some global warming advocates maintain that analysis of the MWP adds little to the climate debate, since the climate variability of the interval can be explained by changes in large - scale climate patterns, such as El Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the NAO, rather than by changes brought on by human beings.

A number of criticisms may arise from this inference, such as the realism of the LGM CMIP simulations, uncertainty in the temperatures inferred from proxies, and the use of paleoclimates as a surrogate for global warming (differences in temperature patterns, albedo feedback etc.).

«We are in the process of developing not only hemispheric and global temperature reconstructions such as shown in the current paper, but also the detailed spatial patterns of climate change in past centuries,» said Mann.

1) a quasi-60 year cycle has been detected in several proxy during the last centuries and for several millennia, For example in numerous Holocene records, such as in Davis J.C., and Bohling G., The Search for Patterns in Ice - Core Temperature Curves: in Gerhard, Lee C., William E. Harrison, and Bernold M. Hanson, eds., Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change, 213 - 230 (2001).

A change in ocean heat content can also alter patterns of ocean circulation, which can have far - reaching effects on global climate conditions, including changes to the outcome and pattern of meteorological events such as tropical storms, and also temperatures in the northern Atlantic region, which are strongly influenced by currents that may be substantially reduced with CO2 increase in the atmosphere.

On undesirability, Hulme explains that although the approach would reduce global temperatures, it would also have significant side - effects, such as changing local rainfall patterns.

Changing climatic variables relevant to the function and distribution of plants include increasing CO2 concentrations, increasing global temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and changes in the pattern of «extreme» weather events such as cyclones, fires or storms.

Advance research on the interactions between arctic sea ice and global physical systems such snow cover extent, ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns, and mid-latitude effects.

If a shift in the hydrological cycle were to lower the response in the global mean temperature, there may be a poisonous sting in such a negative feedback: changes in the precipitation patterns.

This in turn helps explain how factors such as fresh water from melting ice or changes in global wind patterns might lead to large - scale changes in ocean circulation or climate in the future.

Why is global warming expected to increase the frequency of such STATIC weather patterns?

The disappearance of the polar ice cap could also affect global ocean circulation patterns, and its melting has already imperiled native species such as the polar bear.

[2] However, there is an extremely wide range of natural variability in tropical cyclone activity, and other factors affected by climate change, such as wind shear and the global pattern of regional sea surface temperatures, also play controlling and potentially contradictory roles.

Global immigration and foreign capital flows will influence the demand for and value of housing in the U.S., and environmental concerns such as a growing scarcity of energy and raw materials relative to a burgeoning population could affect urban and suburban design and housing patterns.