Sentences with phrase «on snow water»

Models disagree on snow water equivalent changes on a regional basis, especially in transitional regions where competing effects occur due to greater snowfall and warming temperatures.»

Satellites do snow extent very easily; there are also satellite - derived data sets on snow water equivalent

Not exact matches

This massive undertaking will help scientists better understand how much liquid water is contained within snow and how viable snow is as a resource of liquid water on our planet for drinking, agriculture, and hydropower.

Lockheed is the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, but it decided to team with a commercial reseller to find customers for the slow - moving airships that have four hovercraft - like landing pads and can set down on nearly any flat surface, including sand, snow and even water.

Thus anticipating when it will rain, snow, be hot, cold, windy and so on, in some human cultures even talking, praying, and perform rituals to ask the earth for food, water, protection, shelter and so on.

Yes now she can babble mindlessly about talking snakes, talking fiery bushes, big boats that held 250,000 species of beetle along with wooly mammoths and snow leopards, guys that floated into the clouds in front of everyone (yet somehow the Jews and Arabs still just don't buy that he was the saviour), parted water / wine to water / walking on water / healing water, food from the sky....

For what a presence he was, that snow - white fisherman With the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minnow.

Being on the water with my fly rod on a cool summer night or with a snow storm moving in is where I want to be.

We baked these pizzas in celebration of snow that finally came to Helsinki on Tuesday — it had been raining water since before Christmas.

Meanwhile, put a large pot of water on the stove to boil, drop the asparagus and snow peas into the boiling water, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until crisp - tender (do not overcook; the vegetables should still be slightly firm).

From light shirts and breathable pants while hiking on a nice day, to water - and - windproof shells over insulating underlayers if it's snowing.

We had planned toford the Yellowstone River pioneer fashion at the ancient crossing on the oldBannock Indian trail, but the trail is lost somewhere under eight feet of snow, and we prudently consider the alternatives before attempting to negotiate anunknown stretch of water.

Usual heavy concentrations of white fronted geese reported, but blues and snows are crowding them out of feed and water, suggesting need for more lenient limits on these species.

In recent years, in the islands and on the mainland he has enjoyed himself thoroughly riding waves, skiing on both snow and water, playing football, tennis, ice hockey, golf, handball and squash.

Gordon wrote on many topics: angling techniques («The fly must be placed to an inch as the fish will rarely take it unless it floats over them just right»), the books he read, the effects of drought and floods on fish, the seasons of the year («The silence of the snows is over all the land, and the bright waters of our trout streams run almost black between icy banks») and his belief in the natural fly as a model for the artificial («The insect must be studied and many patterns dressed before one can hope to satisfy the critical eyes of the trout»).

I lead them up to the top of the granite slab and we looked across the water where, as if on cue, a little mink popped out onto the snow.

I had some that were lava lamp - like on the inside, some with water and glitter like mini snow globes on a chain, and a ton with my name on them.

Spring is all about melting snow and April showers, so add ways to play in and on the water to your activity jar.

Perhaps, it is worth buying toys for sand, water, or snow ahead of time (depending on the season).

One of my favorite photos from around the age of five shows me riding behind my brother's ATV, standing on a water sled being pulled across the snow.

Some of our favorite sensory bins that inspire imagination and creativity are our indoor sand where my son sat inside the bin, with «snow» raining down on him, belting out «Let It Go», our indoor cranberry bog where my kids pretended to harvest the cranberries in some cool fall weather using a variety of kitchen tools as real harvesting tools, and our «Inside Out» edible water bead bin where we used our imagination to act out and discuss a variety of emotions.

There are exclusively three drawbacks: the Bailey Button Ugg Boot styles suede - I didn't treat it quick enough and from now on the water marks show from walking while in the snow; and the casualness of them.

The key to having the snow last inside without melting into a puddle of water in 5 minutes is to pack lots of snow on the baking sheet.

Learn sports on land, water and snow at regional training centers.

«Here in the northern hemisphere, if you go outside on a sunny day after a snowfall, you'll notice that there's more snow on north - facing slopes because they lose water at slower rates than the more sunlit south - facing slopes» said McClanahan.

How the glassy grains formed on Mars is unknown, but Horgan says magma from Martian volcanoes interacting with water ice and snow is a possibility.

Scientists collected snow around pawprints on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, melted it and used filters to identify DNA genetic material from animal cells in the water, said Eva Bellemain, of French DNA specialist firm SPYGEN.

Cloudy, humid days reverse the cooling from both radiation and sublimation — cloud cover prevents snow from emitting energy, and condensation of water vapor on the snow releases latent heat, warming the snow.

So Dial and colleagues added either extra water or nutrient - rich fertilizer to different patches of snow on Harding Icefield, a 1,900 - square - kilometer frozen expanse in southern Alaska.

«Does it make enough snow to make an impact on a water budget?»

The quarters are cramped, but the view is grand: The blue waters of Penn Cove on Washington state's Whidbey Island are set against rolling bluffs and snow - capped mountains.

Snow on the glaciers is melting, causing more water to flow into valley, and this means more water for irrigation.

California's water supply depends on a clean snow pack and healthy mountain lakes.

The study marks the first time that human influence on the climate has been demonstrated in the water cycle, and outside the bounds of typical physical responses such as warming deep ocean and sea surface temperatures or diminishing sea ice and snow cover extent.

This process of transforming the fluffy snow into hard ice is physical and both the thickness and the movement of the water molecules are dependent on the temperature.

Signs of repeated ice - and snow - melt in a mid-latitude gully may point to the most recent water activity on the Red Planet's surface

He and his colleagues hope the study will be particularly useful for the L.A. region's local governments, many of which are already trying to collect and use more of the water that falls during local rainstorms and rely less on snow - fed water sources.

Either way, the objects are said to have begun their journey from far beyond Earth, past a boundary called the «snow line,» before impacting Earth and depositing water deep in the planet and on its surface.

20 Snow is near - pure crystallized water, but when it collects on the ground it acts as a reservoir for atmospheric pollutants such as mercury and soot.

The western United States relies on mountain snow for its water supply.

Vonnegut went on to invent what amounted to a nucleating machine: He dissolved silver iodide in acetone, sprayed the solution through a nozzle to make droplets, and then literally burned the droplets, producing trillions of nuclei; under the right conditions, each could form the core of a drop of water or flake of snow.

If scientists know how high the land is in summertime, and also how high it is when snow covers it, they can use the difference in height, plus a lot of math, to calculate how much water, in snow form, is sitting on the mountains.

Heat - reflecting white ice has given way to heat - absorbing dark water; snow has melted ever earlier on surrounding lands; more heat - trapping moisture has entered the atmosphere; and bigger waves and storms have assailed weakening ice.

Since water is so heavy, when there is enough of it on the ground in the form of snow, it actually weighs down the land's surface.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California's water supply depends on a clean snow pack and healthy mountain lakes.

So Dial and colleagues added either plain water or water with fertilizer in it to different patches of snow on Harding Icefield.

The snow readings are important during this time of the year, as several locations depend on the meltwater from that snowpack for drinking water and irrigation through the drier and hotter summer months.

Recognize that mountain ecosystems inhabited by snow leopards provide essential ecosystem services, including storing and releasing water from the origins of river systems benefitting one - third of the world's human population; sustaining the pastoral and agricultural livelihoods of local communities which depend on biodiversity for food, fuel, fodder, and medicine; and offering inspiration, recreation, and economic opportunities;

I guess I am surprised that with better understanding of the importance of water vapor feedback, sulfate aerosols, black carbon aerosols, more rapid than expected declines in sea ice and attendant decreases in albedo, effects of the deposition of soot and dust on snow and ice decreasing albedo, and a recognition of the importance of GHGs that were probably not considered 30 years ago, that the sensitivity has changed so little over time.

That snow not only provides our drinking water, it powers the hydroelectric dams that keep our lights on.