Sentences with phrase «large heat capacity»

That boundary is the ocean with its very large heat capacity.

The oceans» large heat capacity moderates the climate of areas adjacent to the oceans, leading to a maritime climate at such locations.

Given the very large heat capacity involved, this would be expected to influence surface temperatures, as has been pointed out many times, but the parameterisation of the ocean heat model would be expected to have a large influence on surface temperatures.

Note: LOTI provides a more realistic representation of the global mean trends than dTs below; it slightly underestimates warming or cooling trends, since the much larger heat capacity of water compared to air causes a slower and diminished reaction to changes; dTs on the other hand overestimates trends, since it disregards most of the dampening effects of the oceans that cover about two thirds of the Earth's surface.

Liquid lithium has a large heat capacity, low melting point, high boiling point and a low vapour pressure.

Of course the oceans and the earth itself have a large heat capacity and will therefore respond slowly and with a delay.

The observed fact that temperatures increases slower over the oceans than over land demonstrates that the large heat capacity of the ocean tries to hold back the warming of the air over the ocean and produces a delay at the surface but nevertheless the atmosphere responds quit rapidly to increasing greenhouse gases.

(It is to be noted that the same models predict a significant delay until equilibrium is reached, due to the large heat capacity of the Southern ocean.

[Response: Think about it as a simple heating function with a large heat capacity.

(It is to be noted that the same models predict a significant delay until equilibrium is reached, due to the large heat capacity of the Southern ocean.

«Ocean warming is very important compared to atmospheric warming because water has a much larger heat capacity than air,» co-author Jianjun Yin said.

My point was the large heat capacity of the immense ocean.

``... whereas the thermal lag of water by contrast is great and whilst energy is being absorbed due to its large heat capacity the response is slow...»

Thanks to their large heat capacity, the oceans absorb warming caused by human activities, and more than 90 % of the Earth's extra heat from global warming is absorbed by them.

In contrast, the oceans lose heat less rapidly, because of the large heat capacity of water, their ability to overturn as the surfaces cool and become negatively buoyant, and the movement of ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio current.

The large heat capacity of the oceans mean they soak up a lot of energy and slow down the heating of the atmosphere.

He also fails to indicate that: (1) some of the warming is being offset by sulfate aerosols that are also due to human activities, and (2) given the large heat capacity of the ocean, the realized warming lags the equilibrium warming that he calculates by several decades.

Due to its large heat capacity, the ocean is the likely source of natural long - term climate variability on interdecadal time scales.