Sentences with phrase «greatest precipitation amounts»

Climate adaptation must therefore account for the greatest precipitation amounts that may be expected over a certain time span3.

Not exact matches

The combination of glacial melt and precipitation produce an amount of water that's larger than many of the world's great rivers, such as the Ganges, Nile, Volga, Niger, Columbia, Danube or Yellow River.

Indeed, snowfall is often predicted to increase in many regions in response to anthropogenic climate change, since warmer air, all other things being equal, holds more moisture, and therefore, the potential for greater amounts of precipitation whatever form that precipitation takes.

Latitude Temperature Precipitation Distribution of Climate Regions Latitude has the greatest impact on climate since it determines the amount of sunlight an area receives.

Percent changes in the amount of precipitation falling in very heavy events (defined as the heaviest 1 percent of events) from 1958 to 2012 show a clear national trend toward a greater amount of precipitation being concentrated in very heavy events.

Such events are consistent with the effects of global warming, which is expected to cause more heavy precipitation because of a greater amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.»

The data show a bulls - eye of one day precipitation amounts greater than 150 mm in the northern part of Kananaskis Provincial Park, which exceeds the estimated 100 year event for that location1.

There is a clear national trend toward a greater amount of precipitation being concentrated in very heavy events, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest.

Weather reports show that in the many decades since the great flood of 1913, Kettering and other parts of the Dayton area still get enormous amounts of precipitation from time to time, and wind up partially flooded.