Its dual
modes of amplitudes and frequency enables it to work quite efficiently.
Not exact matches
But this
mode of description fails entirely in the random turbulence
of a cataclysmic storm, so that concepts such as
amplitude and frequency may no longer apply.
A pulse from a
mode locked laser, in contrast, is a short series
of wave crests and troughs whose
amplitude rises from zero to a maximum and then falls back to zero.
The POLARBEAR experiment examined a small (30 degree square) region
of the sky to produce high resolution maps
of B -
mode polarization, which enabled the team to determine that the
amplitude of gravitational fluctuations they measured was consistent with the leading theoretical model
of the universe, known as the Lambda Cold Dark Matter cosmological model.
«In tapping
mode, as the oscillating cantilever moves across the surface topography, the
amplitude of the oscillation wants to change as it interacts with sample,» said Dr. Mohammad Maroufi, a research associate in mechanical engineering and co-author
of the paper.
The mean
amplitude of the radial
modes is 38.1 + / - 1.3 cm / s (2.0 times solar), which is consistent with previous detections from the ground and by the WIRE spacecraft, and also with the upper limit set by the MOST spacecraft.
The variation
of the
amplitude during the observing campaign allows us to estimate the
mode lifetime to be 1.5 d (+1.9 / -0.8 d).
Numerous studies have examined the predictability
of the annular
modes, and most
of these studies focus on the impact
of a relative slowly evolving boundary condition on the
amplitude of the NAM or the SAM.
While many aspects
of the response
of the climate system to greenhouse gas forcing appear to be linear, regime or
mode transitions can not be quantified by a simple number because responses do not scale with the
amplitude of the forcing: small perturbations can induce large changes in certain variables
of the climate system.
Some examples from energy balance model calculations indicate that: (1) solar variability has a near - global response, with the
amplitude of response slightly larger over land; (2) volcanism has a proportionately larger
amplitude of response over land than over ocean; and (3) the most oft - cited
mode of internal variability, changes in the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation, has a hemispheric asymmetry in response.
One does not imply the other — ENSO patterns in the models are better than ENSO
amplitudes, for example — but I would agree that incorrect
amplitude is not a source
of confidence for the correct patterns, especially when the historical record is too short to accurately define the near - century - scale
modes, whatever they might be.