Sentences with phrase «m elevation gradient»

Moritz replicated Grinnell's measurements, spanning a 3000 m elevation gradient.

Not exact matches

The study sites were spread out across 5,000 square miles of pinyon - juniper woodlands in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, to capture the wide range of elevation and soil gradients these trees take root in.

Though some high - elevation species are threatened, protection of elevation gradients allows other species to respond via migration.

The difference in elevation along the route is 863 meters (2,831 ft) and the maximum gradient is 5,5 %.

In complex terrain, the lower elevations (closed valleys, depressions, ect) have cool air pooling when the synoptic wind and large scale pressure gradient are weak.

The rather striking graphic above demonstrates just how strong this elevational snowpack gradient has been in 2017 — with near - record snow water equivalent comparable to 1983 at the highest elevations and dramatically less accumulation further down the slopes.