Sentences with phrase «of seasonal climate»

Trevor's work has focused on climate scenarios and online mapping tools, downscaling to high resolution, analysis of historical climate data and improvement of seasonal climate predictions.

These were used to estimate a normal pattern of seasonal climate variation.

Another product to keep an eye on is the Climate Prediction Center CFS Forecast of Seasonal Climate Anomalies.

This new prediction system shows the multi-year predictive skills of drought and wildfire conditions beyond the typical timescale of seasonal climate forecast models.

Trevor's work has focused on climate scenarios and online mapping tools, downscaling to high resolution, indices of extremes, analysis of historical climate data and the improvement of seasonal climate predictions.

Such is the nature of seasonal climate forecasting when there is enough forecast uncertainty that «busts» can and do occur.

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But you can swing private lifeguarding as a seasonal business if you live in a cold climate, as long as you're supplementing this service with another stream of income — just take your pick from any of the other 40 small business ideas on this list.

Computer models being investigated both in the US and in the Soviet Union were demonstrating that a nuclear war involving the exchange of a small fraction of the total American and Russian bombs could change the climate of the entire Northern Hemisphere, shifting it abruptly from its present seasonal state to a long, sunless, frozen night.

I thought this was a good time to share it, for those of you in seasonal climates,...

At this time of year we are prone to Seasonal affective Disorder (SAD) due to the lack of sunlight, especially those who live in northern climates.

Plus, many of the ingredients in this recipe are perfect for the fall equinox and helping our bodies adapt to colder climates and seasonal changes in the environment.

I thought this was a good time to share it, for those of you in seasonal climates, feeling the first signs of spring among the remaining chill of winter.

If the effects of climate change weren't included in the model, the trends toward bigger seasonal variations in CO2 at Arctic latitudes disappeared, researchers report online today in Science.

Martin King hopes that renewed interest in the seasonal variation of El Niño tele - connections in Europe will contribute to further progress in climate predictions on monthly and seasonal scales.

Pied flycatchers are thus less obliged to match their onset of breeding with the climate change - driven seasonal advancement of the peak of caterpillar larvae.

Instead of waiting for an event to happen, the idea is to incorporate seasonal forecasts, which are done a month or more ahead of time, into the climate models.

If it was predicted in the real - world seasonal forecast but not in the scenario which is stripped of emissions, then it was made more likely by climate change — a likelihood that can be calculated.

japonicus to expand its range is due to its ability to use a variety of «larval habitats and a cold tolerance that allows an expanded seasonal activity range in temperate climates,» according to a 2014 article in the Annual Review of Entomology.

A scientific study to understand the impact of climate change and other factors on plant - pollinator interactions, geographic distributions and seasonal abundances

According to the findings, the extent of Arctic sea ice and its seasonal distribution clearly have broad impacts on Arctic climate that extend beyond the Arctic Ocean itself and have important implications for the future of the Arctic system.

Seasonal changes in precipitation and water storage make it difficult for modelers to estimate water availability and impacts of interventions, and the effects of climate change can be difficult to tease out from other impacts like human activities.

«Hotspots show that vegetation alters climate by up to 30 percent: Engineers find strong feedbacks between the atmosphere and vegetation that explain up to 30 % of precipitation and surface radiation variance; study reveals large potential for improving seasonal weather predictions.»

Each species seems to be tied to their local seasonal cycle of greening, which is markedly different among species, suggesting that annual climate cycles may help maintain genetic and phenotypic divergence in giraffes.

«Looking at changes in the number of dry days per year is a new way of understanding how climate change will affect us that goes beyond just annual or seasonal mean precipitation changes, and allows us to better adapt to and mitigate the impacts of local hydrological changes,» said Polade, a postdoctoral researcher who works with Scripps climate scientists Dan Cayan, David Pierce, Alexander Gershunov, and Michael Dettinger, who are co-authors of the study.

Also, according to the researchers, seasonal climate forecasts enable a more effective and dynamic adaptation to climate variability and change, offering an underexploited opportunity to reduce the fire impact of adverse climate conditions.

Shocks caused by climate and seasonal change could be used to aid recovery of some of the world's badly - degraded coral reefs, an international team of scientists has proposed.

Comparing the snakes» most active temperature range with predictions of shifts due to climate change, the team pointed out that the timing of seasonal activities may shift in the future — which could impact their interactions with other species.

So a group of researchers from all over Europe turned to looking at the timing of flooding, as the seasonal nature of them is tied much more closely to climate than to any other interfering factors.

«The finding that climate change increases the seasonal windows of opportunities of high fire danger in the geographic areas where these fires become disasters suggests that climate change is a threat multiplier to the wicked fire problem that these communities face today,» said John Abatzoglou, a co-author of the study and associate professor at the University of Idaho.

While the majority of climate change scientists focus on the «direct» threats of changing temperatures and precipitation after 2031, far fewer researchers are studying how short - term human adaptation responses to seasonal changes and extreme weather events may threaten the survival of wildlife and ecosystems much sooner.

They suggest that dust could be arriving from snow - free land areas in Greenland and nearby in the Arctic that are experiencing earlier melting of seasonal snow cover due to climate change.

NOAA evaluates the accuracy of its seasonal forecasts each year, with the aim of seeing the number of storms fall in the given ranges at least 70 percent of the time, which they do consistently, Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said.

Climate change hasn't been kind to the Arctic Circle, as evidenced by the decrease of seasonal ice in the area and the encroachment of temperate species.

But «while the Arctic maximum is not as important as the seasonal minimum, the long - term decline is a clear indicator of climate change,» Walt Meier, a sea ice researcher at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.

Track a Tree will provide insights into the seasonal timing of U.K. woodland species, and how future changes in climate may affect the interactions between trees and flowering plants

«During a time when the climate was getting wetter and the wetlands expanding, this critical seasonal resource that is ripe at the peak of the flooding season when other resources are dispersed and scarce, residents of Monte Castelo began to grow larger rice»

Those levees, most of which are simple earthen berms, are weak and vulnerable to earthquakes, seasonal floods, and rising waters expected as a result of climate change.

At the moment the company is working with NASA to develop technology that would predict how small - scale, seasonal shifts in temperature as well as large - scale climate change influence the presence of bacteria in the soil, air and water around crops.

While several studies have been conducted in the central and southern United States to compare and evaluate the durability of pavement markings, Zayed points out that the findings don't translate very well given the strikingly different weather conditions between warm versus seasonal climates.

Other climate records point to a sometimes - green Sahara around this time, and Osborne thinks that seasonal monsoons could have supported a patchwork of life - saving oases across the desert.

«Fortunately, we've reduced the upper end, the number of major hurricanes,» said Gerry Bell, the lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the Climate Prediction Center.

Kalkbrenner says it was important to look at eastern states because of the differences in climate, seasonal weather patterns and the chemical make - up of the particulate matter that might impact brain development.

Climate change, resulting in more frost - free days and warmer seasonal air temperatures, can contribute to shifts in flowering time and pollen initiation from allergenic plant species, and increased CO2 by itself can elevate production of plant - based allergens.137, 15,16,17,18,19,138 Higher pollen concentrations and longer pollen seasons can increase allergic sensitizations and asthma episodes, 20,21,155,22 and diminish productive work and school days.138, 22,23

We were particularly interested in the nature of this relationship because of the hypothesized seasonal movement of krill to inshore waters around the Antarctic Peninsula in winter, rapid changes in the climate and sea ice patterns of the Antarctic peninsula [15], [16] and the known relationships between baleen whales and krill.

The increase in sea surface temperature over the central and eastern equatorial Pacific known as El Niño, and the corresponding decrease known as La Niña, contribute to seasonal climate and weather fluctuations in many regions of the globe.

«Differences Between Seasonal and Mean Annual Energy Balance Model Calculations of Climate and Climate Sensitivity.»

By working on the still - not - fully - cracked nut of estimating changes in hurricane frequency and intensity in a warming climate, Gabe and his colleagues ended up with a modeling system with seasonal skill in regional hurricane prediction.

In a recent study, scientists found that climate change will decrease the number of seasonal flowers, leading to an overall decrease in the number of butterflies, who rely on flowers for a sustainable source of energy - no destruction required.

What climate change will mean for any of these seasonal tornado signals is still up in the air.

A new buzz - word is the concept of «seamless prediction», in which predictions ranging from nowcasting all the way to future scenarios are provided with a sliding time scale and that doesn't make distinction of incremental types such as «weather forecasts» «seasonal predictions» and «climate scenarios».