Sentences with phrase «other trace atmospheric gases»

The main goal of this program is to determine the global distribution of carbon dioxide and other trace atmospheric gases by sampling at various altitudes and latitudes in the Pacific Basin, counting the molecules and using the data to test mathematical models» predictions.

The main objectives of this mission are to search for evidence of methane and other trace atmospheric gases that could be signatures of active biological or geological processes and to test key technologies in preparation for ESA's contribution to subsequent missions to Mars.

Not exact matches

i) CO2 and other trace gases are too small a proportion of the atmosphere to make a significant difference to overall atmospheric density even if their volumes were to be multiplied many times over.

There are two separate issues: the correct radiative transfer model, then the correct ambient atmospheric conditions (H20 and other trace gases, temperature profiles, cloud properties, etc.).

temperature, other climatic variables, and concentrations of aerosols and trace gases; and (2) making raw and processed atmospheric measurements accessible in a form that enables a number of different groups to replicate and experiment with the processing of the more widely disseminated data sets such as the MSU tropospheric temperature record.

Instead atmospheric physics uses the fundamental equations (the radiative transfer equations) which determine absorption and emission of radiation by water vapor, CO2, methane, and other trace gases.

States that other feedbacks likely to emerge are those in which key processes include surface fluxes of trace gases, changes in the distribution of vegetation, changes in surface soil moisture, changes in atmospheric water vapor arising from higher temperatures and greater areas of open ocean, impacts of Arctic freshwater fluxes on the meridional overturning circulation of the ocean, and changes in Arctic clouds resulting from changes in water vapor content

As I have explained before those other (primarily oceanic in my opinion) mechanisms dwarf by orders of magnitude any similar effect from anthropogenic increases in the amount of atmospheric trace gases like CO2.

Of great urgency are the climate consequences of the increasing atmospheric abundance of greenhouse gases and other trace constituents... [that] interact strongly with the Earth's energy balance, resulting in the prospect of significant global warming.