Sentences with phrase «higher precipitation»

Scientists project that, on average, tropical cyclones and hurricanes will have higher wind speeds and higher precipitation rates.

Thomas, As David mentioned, a warmer atmosphere will hold more water vapor and lead to higher precipitation events.

I'd suggest emissions in part (higher frequency of higher precipitation events), certainly land use (the much overlooked CC contributor), engineering.

It is important to note that RMSE tends to increase with variability, as illustrated at some locations closer to the equator that tend to have higher precipitation magnitudes (and variability) and therefore larger differences between RMSE and MAE (Figure 1).

With higher precipitation, portions of this snow may not melt during the summer and so glacial ice can form at lower altitudes and more southerly latitudes, reducing the temperatures over land by increased albedo as noted above.

However, our study also shows that the effect of soil biodiversity on ecosystem functions may be greater in areas with higher precipitation.

Rainfall levels in this region closely correspond with the strength of the oscillation index in winter, with higher precipitation when it is positive.

«If you add the cave data to the data from the glaciers, it gives you a neat way of figuring out whether it was cold temperatures or higher precipitation that drove the glacier growth at the time,» Willenbring said.

The increased production in these crops is driven by higher precipitation predicted to occur in the central U.S., combined with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which reduces a plant's water requirements.

The downside to these higher precipitation chances, however, will be the risk of ice events, especially from late December into January.

Higher precipitation levels in the region and melting ice would decouple the surface from the deeper water layers.

The Hoover Dam, for instance, was designed based on a 30 - year period that had markedly higher precipitation levels than today.

Warming temperatures and high precipitation levels contribute to destructive wildfires, extensive property damage and costly flooding, as was recently seen in northern California and in the aftermath of the rain and resulting flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Houston.

In this study paleontologists have been able to infer that the centre of the Iberian Peninsula witnessed a very arid tropical climate with a high precipitation seasonality.

Homes in high precipitation areas may also require a French drain to be installed in addition to proper grading and other drainage measures.

Granitic soils, mild climate, high precipitation, geographic and coastal geographic situation naturally give the wine the freshness, lightness and alcohol content that characterize the entire range of the Region.

Moreover, if one only looks at the Lake Victoria level since 1880 one gets the mistaken impression that the high precipitation regime in 1880 was somehow «normal» and that the subsequent shift to drier conditions puts the glacier in a much drier environment than it had previously encountered.

Thus, new record - high precipitation amounts are consistent with the climate change scenarios.

And likewise it is responsible for high precipitation where the air rises at the junction with the Ferrel Cells at latitudes 60 degrees.

Yohe: London is talking about protecting the city and its surroundings from high precipitation events and storm surges up the Thames.

After six years of «perpetual» drought, California is now deluged with the highest precipitation for January and February on human record (Sacbee2017b).

It was the duration of rainfall, because of the slowing, stalling, slow reversal before the storm finally left the area that accounts for the high precipitation totals.

They can expand to systems hundreds of miles across with high precipitation and strong winds.

High precipitation amounts occurred in the western prairies as well as the interior ranges of southeast BC (data courtesy of Environment Canada).

The orientation of the flow and instability enabled strong uplift which lead to high precipitation rates as the moisture laden air lifted and cooled.

Not only are droughts in the Horn of Africa (and equatorial East Africa directly to the south) a typical result of La Niña episodes, strong El Niños on the other hand are correlated with high precipitation and floodings.

greater pollutant loads due to increased infiltration rates to aquifers or higher runoff to surface waters (as result of high precipitation),

Given past non-stationarity, and particularly erratic LIA, a «warm LIA» climate scenario for the coming century that combines high precipitation variability (similar to LIA conditions) with warm and dry conditions (similar to MCA conditions) represents a plausible situation that is supported by recent climate simulations.

Rather, we propose the possible development of a «warm LIA» climate scenario for the coming century that combines high precipitation variability (similar to LIA conditions) with warm and dry conditions.

Climatic changes: The tropical climate of the DRC experiences high precipitation, and the highest frequency of thunderstorms of any country in the world.

Zhakarov's model is conceptually simple: during periods of high precipitation when winter ice forms readily, summer ice cover increases, the atmosphere cools, the arctic front together with its associated rain belt shifts south so that freshwater input to the Arctic Ocean decreases, and winter ice cover is thicker, has a deeper draft, and so survives better in summer.

From the modelled precipitation pattern for the Neckar catchment and its neighbouring areas (Fig. 9), it can be seen that the highest precipitation with values up to 230 mm in 36 hours occurred in the western crest of the northern parts of the Black Forest.

Aquatic Climate Change Adaptation Services Program (ACCASP) In general, precipitation is expected to increase in high latitudes and in locations and seasons that presently have high precipitation, and to decrease in locations elsewhere and seasons that presently have low precipitation.

Another is the edge of the Sahara, where decades of relatively high precipitation create herders and farmers who starve in the next decadal drought.

I think another area that is going to be very important for estimating the cost of inaction, but which is not likely to be pinned down with any degree of certainty, is just how much the high precipitation events are likely to increase given X for CO2 equilivalent.

• The melting of an above - average snowpack across the northern Rocky Mountains, combined with abnormally high precipitation, caused the Missouri and Souris rivers to swell beyond their banks across the upper Midwest.

Not exact matches

This could result in higher rates for crop insurance, which could be detrimental to Oklahoma farmers as this farming season has already seen high levels of precipitation following a five - year drought.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «With increased precipitation and rapid snow melt, record water flows through major tributaries upstream and downstream of the lake, water is high throughout the Great Lakes system.

The Army Corps of Engineers attributed the high water levels to higher - than - usual rates of precipitation and runoff.

The board issued a statement late last week saying that months of precipitation produced the highest recorded water levels on Lake Ontario since records were kept over the last 100 years.

In western Tibet, annual snowfall totals have risen steadily since the 1990s, especially at higher elevations, as strengthening westerly winds bring more precipitation.

«Higher temperatures and changes in precipitation result in pressure on yields from important crops in much of the world,» says IFPRI agricultural economist Gerald Nelson, an author of the report, «Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security: Impacts and Costs of Adaptation to 2050».

Part of the problem is that the benefits of better plant growth, thanks to higher carbon dioxide concentrations (plants use CO2 for photosynthesis) are more than offset by the impact of higher temperatures and differing precipitation.

Empirical studies of forests across Alaska show that North America's white spruce require at least 280 millimeters (11 inches) of precipitation each year, a number that rises if mean summer temperatures are higher than 15.5 degrees Celsius (roughly 60 degrees Fahrenheit).

Carbon dioxide levels in lakes are often high and vary widely from lake to lake based on factors such as the type of nearby ecosystem, land use such as agriculture, sizes of the lake and watershed, amount of precipitation, and because some types of soils and rocks absorb more CO2 than others.

Northern and eastern Texas, however, could fair a bit better with higher chances for precipitation as cold fronts «make it there with ease», as Pastelok stated.

«Of course, weather is naturally chaotic, and extremes are a normal part of our highly variable UK climate, but globally there has recently been an increase in the incidence of high temperature and heavy precipitation extremes.

A 12 percent increase in the rate of aquifer recharge from added precipitation, combined with a projected 3 - foot rise in sea level by the end of the century, would raise groundwater levels in some parts of the city by an additional foot — up to 4 feet higher than current levels.

If the temperatures during the runoff season — March to July — were cooler than average, streamflow was higher than expected on the basis of winter precipitation alone, the team found.

Apparently, winter precipitation was more important than summer temperature for annual glacier balance when only considering subsets of years with high NAO index and negative AMO index.