Sentences with phrase «observations of key variables»

It is the first such period for which satellite observations of key variables including sea - surface temperature and sea - ice cover are available to support globally complete meteorological reanalyses such as ERA - Interim.

The magnitude and spatial distribution of the high - latitude climate changes can be strongly affected by sea ice characteristics, but evaluation of sea ice in models is hampered by insufficient observations of some key variables (e.g., ice thickness)(see Section 4.4).

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We employ the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) process - based hydrological model driven by gridded observations to investigate the key controlling factors of anomalous APF events in the FRB and four of its subbasins that contribute more than 70 % of the annual flow at Fraser - Hope.

The breakout group heard a presentation regarding the importance that high - temporal - resolution hyperspectral observations of key atmospheric state variables and their trends have for climate data records.

Our estimates of key climate model uncertainties are constrained by observations of the climate system for the period 1906 - 1995, 7 and uncertainty in emissions reflect errors in measurement of current emissions and expert judgment about variables that influence key economic projections.

Such field measurements are sparse, however, and the record of remotely sensed ocean color observations — the chief source of global biogeochemical data today — is limited to the sea surface and does not include a number of key variables.