Sentences with phrase «large fluctuations in temperature»

While there have been some large fluctuations in temperature — in regions such as the Middle East and northern Scandinavia, record or near - record warmth and cold for this time of year have happened within days of each other in recent weeks — the overall picture is one of temperatures well above average.

In the tropical Pacific, the distance from Indonesia to South America and the way tropical winds push warm water west combine to allow special waves to travel along the equator and are amplified by the atmospheric wind response to produce large fluctuations in temperatures (up to 3 degrees Celsius) in the Eastern Pacific that last for months.

In the tropical Pacific, the distance from Indonesia to South America and the way tropical winds push warm water west combine to allow special waves to travel along the equator and are amplified by the atmospheric wind response to produce large fluctuations in temperatures (up to 3 degrees Celsius) in the Eastern Pacific that last for months.

Not exact matches

Because the El Niño / La Niña climate cycle generates large fluctuations in ocean temperatures around the Galápagos and in the eastern tropical Pacific, long - term changes can be hard to spot.

Another result that we don't really understand is that we don't see any temperature fluctuations in the microwave background on scales larger than 60 degrees [the angular size in the sky of the fluctuations].

Furthermore, temperature fluctuations tend to be fairly coherent over large parts (there is an anti-correlation in the see - saw structure associated with the NAO, however).

My results support the hypothesis that corals living in regions characterized by larger temperature fluctuations have wider breadths of thermal tolerance.

But, between 1900 and 2012, they concluded that humanity's temperature - changing influence paled in comparison with that of the intense natural fluctuations of the wild winds and waters of the world's largest ocean.

These fluctuations in temperature can be so large that their influence can be felt globally.

Having a sturdy and large bag is key when anticipating serious fluctuation in temperatures throughout the day.

Observed temperature series in Europe from Paris to Leningrad show large fluctuations until 1850.

The net effect is a much stronger albedo feedback in the NH than in the SH, enhance because the large land mass in the NH results in larger temperature fluctuations in any event.

As satellite temperature records show much larger fluctuations due to ENSO events, that has the effect in his graph of shifting the post 2000 temperatures below those of the 1990s.

Vaughan Pratt said,» How could tiny fluctuations in ocean temperatures cause humans to change their power consumption to such an enormous degree it would be visible above the huge noise of the 20x larger natural emissions of CO2?»

That paradigm is all about tiny fluctuations in forcing causing large changes in temperature, a recipe for instability.

southern oscillation a large - scale atmospheric and hydrospheric fluctuation centered in the equatorial Pacific Ocean; exhibits a nearly annual pressure anomaly, alternatively high over the Indian Ocean and high over the South Pacific; its period is slightly variable, averaging 2.33 years; the variation in pressure is accompanied by variations in wind strengths, ocean currents, sea - surface temperatures, and precipitation in the surrounding areas

Biological specimens endure and thrive in a broad range of conditions and fluctuations (including diurnal, seasonal, and short term climatological) all of which are much larger than the slow average annual temperature rise.

«In fact, it turns out that these large year - to - year fluctuations in the rate of atmospheric accumulation are tied to temperature changes, which are in turn due mostly to El Nino, La Nina, and volcanic eruptionIn fact, it turns out that these large year - to - year fluctuations in the rate of atmospheric accumulation are tied to temperature changes, which are in turn due mostly to El Nino, La Nina, and volcanic eruptionin the rate of atmospheric accumulation are tied to temperature changes, which are in turn due mostly to El Nino, La Nina, and volcanic eruptionin turn due mostly to El Nino, La Nina, and volcanic eruptions.

We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade, despite large year - to - year fluctuations associated with the El Niño - La Niña cycle of tropical ocean temperature.

This section documents regional changes and slow fluctuations in atmospheric circulation over past decades, and demonstrates that these are consistent with large - scale changes in other variables, especially temperature and precipitation.

«Global warming is expected to cause extreme weather events, which may, in turn, result in large day - to - day fluctuations in temperature,» said Hedvig Andersson, a cardiology researcher at the University of Michigan.

It is evident from Figure 2.3 that globally averaged temperature fluctuations associated with El Niño tend to be larger aloft than at the surface, and this behavior is well - simulated in numerical models.

The spatial pattern in skeletal growth rates and partial mortality scars found in massive Porites sp. across the central and northern islands suggests that corals subject to larger year - to - year fluctuations in maximum ocean temperature were more resistant to a 2004 warm - water event.

Local weather, particularly extreme local weather, is often determined by fluctuations in large patterns of regional atmospheric pressure and sea surface temperatures, such as the Arctic Oscillation (and its close relative, the North Atlantic Oscillation) and other patterns associated with El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

http://www.agci.org/docs/lean.pdf «Global (and regional) surface temperature fluctuations in the past 120 years reflect, as in the space era, a combination of solar, volcanic, ENSO, and anthropogenic influences, with relative contributions shown in Figure 6.22 The adopted solar brightness changes in this scenario are based on a solar surface flux transport model; although long - term changes are «50 % larger than the 11 - year irradiance cycle, they are significantly smaller than the original estimates based on variations in Sun - like stars and geomagnetic activity.

These fluctuations in temperature can be so large that their influence can be felt globally.

Observations and numerical modeling reveal large fluctuations in the ocean heat available in the adjacent bay and enhanced sensitivity of ice - shelf melting to water temperatures at intermediate depth, as a seabed ridge blocks the deepest and warmest waters from reaching the thickest ice.

The fluctuations in ocean temperatures during El Niño and La Niña are accompanied by even larger - scale fluctuations in air pressure known as the Southern Oscillation.

Despite large year - to - year fluctuations associated with the El Niño - La Niña cycle of tropical ocean temperature, the conclusion could be made that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the 21st century, new record heights being reached in every decade.

The annual change in solar radiation produces large seasonal temperature fluctuations in the Northern Hemisphere where most of the world's land is now found.