Sentences with phrase «mass balance state»

Not exact matches

David Ullman, a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University and lead author on the study, said there are two mechanisms through which ice sheets diminish — dynamically, from the jettisoning of icebergs at the fringes, or by a negative «surface mass balance,» which compares the amount of snow accumulation relative to melting.

The researchers successfully correlated the crystallization state in the alloy to local composition with novel mass balance.

Schaefer et al. state that there are four active volcanoes within the Southern Patagonian Icefield, which may be accounting for some additional basal melt, but that changes to mass balance from a high geothermal heat flux can only account for a very small additional mass loss.

Now, under normal circumstances, these two states balance each other out, and your muscle mass remains stable.

This paper briefly reviews the current state of science regarding historical trends in hydrologic variables, including precipitation, runoff, tropospheric water vapor, soil moisture, glacier mass balance, evaporation, evapotranspiration, and growing season length.

This rate exceeds the value required for steady - state mass balance (∼ 7 - 8 m / yr), resulting in net thinning of 3 - 5 m / yr during the 2003 - 2010 period.»

«While the one - time computation of the momentum and mass balance equations is readily justified for a snapshot in time, the use of a steady state energy equation may be inaccurate, because thermomechanical transients induced by CHW persist over time scales of the order of one to three decades [Phillips et al. 2010].

The findings reinforce suggestions that strong positive ice — temperature feedbacks have emerged in the Arctic15, increasing the chances of further rapid warming and sea ice loss, and will probably affect polar ecosystems, ice - sheet mass balance and human activities in the Arctic...» *** This is the heart of polar amplification and has very little to do with your stated defintion of amplifying the effects of warming going on at lower latitudes.

The steady - state form of the mass - balance model for CSTRs was used (ASTM, 1997).

Hence, having stated my reasons for rejecting your «mass balance assertion» I leave it to others here to evaluate those reasons and I withdraw from the debate.

To monitor this number of glaciers in the United States is not feasible financially or logistically using standard mass balance methods.

But the math he's put forth regarding mass balances is quite straightforward and accurate — as I have stated before I prefer to approach each point of discussion on it's own benefits, rather than accepting / rejecting everything based upon a label.

Yes, and the IPCC report also states that deforestation contributed to atmospheric CO2 which is something your interpretation of mass balance would make impossible.

Currently in the United States there are four ongoing mass balance programs.

It was enacted in order «to contribute to the attainment of a balance of effort between Member States in receiving and bearing the consequences of receiving displaced persons in the event of a mass influx» (Preamble, recital 5).