Sentences with phrase «observed over short time periods»

In other words, climate describes phenomena observed over long time periods, such as decades and centuries, while weather is observed over short time periods, such as days and weeks.

Not exact matches

L.A. School Report observes, «The quality of those courses, in which most of the work is done online and over a shorter period of time, has been questioned by LA Unified watchers as well as those within the district, including the school board president.»

It was exciting to observe this transformation over a short period of time.»

Mild movements in interest rates will often have a minimal effect on the price of bonds whereas abrupt swings in interest rates, market sentiment or investor fears, as we've observed in markets recently, can change the valuations of bonds dramatically over a short period of time.

Then we are told that natural factors have masked AGW over a recent short time period during which there was no observed warming yet close to one - third of all human CO2 emissions since industrialization have occurred.

In this chapter, the authors used existing or new models that describe observed relationships between climate variations, either over short time periods or between locations, and a series of health outcomes.

Judith writes: «Comparing the model temperature anomalies with observed temperature anomalies, particularly over relatively short periods, is complicated by the acknowledgement that climate models do not simulate the timing of ENSO and other modes of natural internal variability...»

Comparing the model temperature anomalies with observed temperature anomalies, particularly over relatively short periods, is complicated by the acknowledgement that climate models do not simulate the timing of ENSO and other modes of natural internal variability; further the underlying trends might be different.