Eurasia contributed more to the positive monthly anomaly than North America did, but it also contributes 62 %
of the snow coverage of the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months.
Reseachers at the global professional services firm said they based their conclusions on a number of «key» economic and demographic factors — from average income levels and population to the number of ski resorts per capita, level
of snow coverage and recent «form» at the Winter Olympics.
Not exact matches
That has not been much
of a problem for Tomlinson, given that he plays at TCU, which gets about as much national
coverage as it does
snow.
In addition to the
coverage, the picture includes the water value
of the
snow, which determines the water contained in the
snow.
The National
Snow and Ice Data Center reports that Arctic ice shrank by 131,000 square miles between August 17 and 21, leaving ice
coverage that is well below the 2005 record low
of 2.05 million square miles.
Last summer that
coverage shrank to 1.67 million square miles, the second - lowest number on record, according to climatologist Mark Serreze
of the National
Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.
At Sochi, organizers have enlisted three $ 2 million snowmaking units capable
of creating
snow at temperatures up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure good track
coverage at the Nordic combined and ski jump events.
Importantly, the marine
snow cover was quantified using machine vision, where a computer algorithm automatically detected the location and
coverage in digital images
of this important food supply.
The Hunger Games, with their ubiquitous TV
coverage, are
Snow's very public way
of reminding his subjects not to mess with the government.
It provides your vehicle Protection Service Contract
coverage if you intend to use your Chevrolet vehicle for activities such as jobsite activities, delivery
of goods, service or repair work, farming, ranching, route work, or
snow removal.
In that instance, the weight
of snow and ice would be the proximate cause
of the loss, affording
coverage.
You'll generally find
coverage for fire, lightning, windstorm, hail, explosion, riots, aircraft damage, vehicle damage (from cars you don't own), smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, falling objects, weight
of snow, ice, or sleet, damage from steam and water heating systems or appliances, leakage or overflow
of water or steam, freezing
of plumbing, and often for other things as well.
If the weight
of snow and ice damage the roof
of the home you're renting, and water gets in through that damaged section that causes a personal property loss,
coverage could be available.
Someone with Texas renters insurance might scoff at the idea
of needing
coverage for the weight
of ice and
snow.
This means that you get
coverage for everything from vandalism to the weight
of snow and ice, though we doubt you'll need the latter in Arizona.
Fires happen spontaneously, and you might be happy to have
coverage for the weight
of ice and
snow.
Snow, tornadoes, and hurricanes are generally all covered perils on renters insurance in Raleigh, which is one
of the reasons that
coverage is so important to have.
Another important
coverage on renters insurance in Chicago is «weight
of snow and ice.»
That loss
of use
coverage is triggered by a covered claim, such as weight
of ice and
snow, and it pays for a hotel and other additional living expenses beyond what you'd normally spend on housing and related expenses.
If you can't or won't mitigate the risk from heat, the sun, exhaust that would change the color
of the
snow, and other risks, you're unlikely to find
coverage for your snowman fine art because you didn't take steps to prevent further loss.
Renters insurance personal property
coverage protects you against perils like fire, theft, vandalism, smoke, water, and the weight
of ice and
snow.
Personal property
coverage protects the things you own from risks like fire, wind, theft, and weight
of ice and
snow.
It is standard procedure for your insurance plan to have a list
of exact
coverage points (fire, lightning, ice /
snow related, burglary etc.) with particular legal language, which you can have a lawyer review for you
Full
coverage on every part
of the mountain, and, although we didn't get any fresh
snow, the endless blue sky and impeccable grooming more than made up for it.
This positive climate feedback is greater than expected from the additional forcing alone, due to amplification by reduced surface albedo through melting
of continental
snow and decreased sea - ice
coverage, especially in the wintertime.
Analysis
of observed declines in sea ice and
snow coverage from 1979 to 2008 suggests that the NH albedo feedback is between 0.3 and 1.1 W m — 2 °C — 1 (Flanner et al., 2011).
(There are equilibrium climates between the points where the runaway starts and where it ends, but they are unstable equilibria, and the equilibrium
coverage of snow / ice increases with forcing that would cause warming.)
Drawing on Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Temperature data from 1953 to 1978 and the National
Snow and Ice Data Center's Sea Ice Index from 1979 to 2015, the researchers computed 30 - year running averages
of September sea ice
coverage — that is, they computed averages for the years 1953 — 83, 1954 — 84, 1955 — 85, and so on.
Over the course
of the three months the average
snow coverage is 45.14 million km2.
Progress in understanding this connection has converged on two key factors: (1) the variability
of autumn
snow cover in Eurasia, and (2) the variability
of sea ice
coverage in the Barents - Kara Sea during late fall and early winter.
«We can use our microwave signatures to decompose the network
of melt ponds versus
snow and ice patches to get a relative percentage
coverage of melt ponds,» says Scharien.
Using the above stated values for the albedos and
snow and ice
coverage, total disappearance
of the
snow and ice fields would reduce the Earth's reflectance by only 5 percent.
Years having equal or greater January
snow coverage include every year from 1974 - 1985, except the marginally lower years
of 1976 and 1980.
The figure 12 - B shows the Northern Hemisphere
snow coverage data for each
of the months since 1966 for: 6 months
of the year have seen a stable or increasing
snow cover, the other 6 months a decreasing
snow cover.
To develop an understanding
of how the CSI affects the climate will require the development
of new models (evolved from the present GCM efforts) incorporating gradual changes in insolation and ice and
snow coverage and following the various influences on the climate over many annual cycles.
By the way, since this story came out, freezing no longer lags history and Northern Hemisphere
snow and ice
coverage exceeds the averages
of past Decembers.
I also like the overall
snow coverage in the N.H. and it looks like it will be going more above average within the next few days, from a level very slightly above average as
of today.
CMIS represented the state
of the art in satellite microwave radiometers and was intended to continue, with a higher degree
of accuracy and resolution, the time series
of many fundamental climate variables, including SST and wind, sea ice and
snow coverage, soil moisture, and atmospheric moisture (vapor, clouds, and rain).
«snowiest» suggests to me that there has been MORE
snow (ie: deeper
snow, more
of it), while «
snow cover» suggests to me larger
COVERAGE (ie: larger areas affected, etc.).
The beginning
of the
snow accumulation season (the end
of the snowmelt season) is projected to be later (earlier), and the fractional
snow coverage is projected to decrease during the
snow season (Hosaka et al., 2005).
So if the climate were constant, wouldn't we expect
snow coverage to decline slightly, just because
of the larger urban areas?
During the summertime sea ice melt, after the surface
snow has melted off, the albedo
of melting ice is complicated by the presence
of melt ponds and depends on the areal
coverage and depth distribution
of the melt ponds.
Recall that Teh Modulz are not only tuned to GMST, but to things like cloud,
snow and ice
coverage as well as ocean heat content — all
of which have an impact on radiative balance and hence energy budget
of the system, not to mention energy redistribution internally.
Conclusion There is no indication
of any change in
snow coverage in the northern hemisphere on either a winter, annual or spring / autumn basis and that any effects suggested should be assigned to random variation about a stable mean.
If circulation patterns mean that you get more precip on land versus ocean, then you could theoretically have the same amount
of snow but greater
coverage because if it
snows on the ocean you don't get
snow cover...
Law.com legal technology editor David
Snow wraps up his
coverage of LegalTech New York.
If the weight
of ice and
snow causes a leak in the roof which causes damage to your personal property, for example, there could be
coverage for that loss.
Generally, comprehensive
coverage covers damage to your vehicle from someone else's malicious intent, like vandalism or theft, and also some acts
of God, like damage due to rain or
snow.
Disclaimer * Please note above groundwater damage
coverage may also be referred to as Weight
of ice,
snow or sleet — ice damming — roof water damage.
For example, if you accidentally run a red light, or spin out in the
snow and end up injuring another person, this
coverage could help cover the costs
of those injuries.