Sentences with phrase «much higher elevation»

«LIDAR surveys are conducted at a much higher elevation, so they are not useful for the more subtle differences in vegetation elevation that higher - resolution, low - elevation drone surveys can provide,» explains Cruzan.

But the opposite was true for trees at higher elevations; they thrived in soil from much higher elevations.

Not exact matches

If a flood but goes above one's head, its absolute elevation becomes a matter of small importance; and when we touch our own upper limit and live in our own highest centre of energy, we may call ourselves saved, no matter how much higher some one else's centre may be.

For glaciers that extend from low to high elevation, measurements taken at the low end — the glacier's «snout» — may not tell scientists much about how the same ice sheet is behaving higher up the mountain.

Examining museum skins revealed that this new species was also smaller overall with a longer and denser coat; field records showed that it occurred in a unique area of the northern Andes Mountains at 5,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level — elevations much higher than the known species of olingo.

«The Road Atlanta track is obviously very different from Le Mans, with less time spent at maximum speed and much higher loads from the elevation changes, banking, and overall track configuration,» Louth noted.

Regionally, the changes in precipitation would grow dramatically, as the subttropical jet would transport moist tropical air into the mountains; but, the strengthening of the Hadley Cell would prevent much of that moisture from forming large thunderstorm complexes outside of the higher elevations.

Cold - tolerant, water - loving plants (e.g., birch and spruce) retreated to higher elevations or higher latitudes (as much as 2,500 metres in elevation) within less than 11,000 years.

«Some of the higher elevation species that have contracted now have much reduced and more fragmented ranges than they did in the early 20th century,» Moritz told environmentalresearchweb.

This will lead to a rise in Median Sea Level, with the elevation of that oscillation of relative Sea level «then» maintaining «high and low» points both much higher than that «presently seen».

The high temperatures and rain helped melt much of the low - elevation snow that feeds into the Columbia - Snake River system.

Changes in precipitation become more important at in colder locations and higher elevations where they determine whether any or how much precipitation falls.

At higher elevations, where the air is colder, this increase in moisture has a much stronger greenhouse effect, following a logarithmic relationship.

There is much evidence that with increasing temperatures species move farther north or higher in elevation while maintaining their original lower elevation limits.

Many different species of plants and animals have been moving higher up in elevation and farther away from the equator at much faster rates than previously realized.

The most unusual features of the Silurian that distinguish it from the present - day physical environment relate to conditions of low continental elevations combined with a much higher global stand in sea level.

It will be but a short reign but while we very much welcome the first female to the position she is there because she is an outstanding lawyer and judge of the highest status and deserves her elevation for that reason alone.