Sentences with phrase «regional water cycles»

So during the FDR New Deal era, large dam and hydro projects were built to mitigate these long / short, local / regional water cycles.

«Modeling studies have shown that alteration of the regional water cycle during the dry season could affect both the timing and stability of the rainy season,» Spera said.

Understanding and modeling the fundamental processes that govern the large precipitation variability and extremes in the western U.S. is a critical test for the ability of climate models to predict the regional water cycle, including floods and droughts.

Not exact matches

The answer couldn't be more important for regional water managers — planning for a «return to normal conditions as the cycles progress» could be the most disastrous plan ever — but if you read the press, you won't find any coverage of it.

Future work will extend the time periods and increase the area studied to assess the impact of irrigation on regional climate and the water cycle.

Global temperatures have increased by ∼ 0.2 °C per decade over the last three decades16, possibly leading to an acceleration of the global water cycle with more intense rainfall events17, more severe and widespread droughts18 (despite drought frequencies appearing unchanged19) and regional humidity variations20.

Data are often incomplete in spatial and temporal domains and regional analyses are variable and sometimes contradictory; however, the weight of evidence indicates an ongoing intensification of the water cycle.

There will be Regionally / locally and temporal variations; increased temperature and backradiation tend to reduce the diurnal temperature cycle on land, though regional variations in cloud feedbacks and water vapor could cause some regions to have the opposite effect; changes in surface moisture and humidity also changes the amount of convective cooling that can occur for the same temperature distribution.

The peer - reviewed report, compiled by 378 scientists from 48 countries around the world, notes that back - to - back La Niñas (the build - up of cool waters in the equatorial eastern Pacific as part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle) in 2011 affected regional climates and influenced many of the world's significant weather events throughout the year.

By Amber Bentley (Aged 11) In just 16 pages, this wonderful book covers the structure of the atmosphere, solar radiation, the water cycle, clouds, fronts, convection, air pressure, air masses, the global atmospheric circulation, making weather observations, forecasting, synoptic charts, hurricanes, regional climate, palaeoclimates and anthropogenic climate change.

Gaining insight to the potential dynamics of TMFs at large - scales is crucial because these species - rich, highly productive forests are important drivers of regional water and carbon cycles for approximately one billion people.

(2006) Conservation of water cycle on land via restoration of natural closed - canopy forests: Implications for regional landscape planning.

This leads to different dynamics of the regional fire cycles: In the Northern US, negative correlations of fire with water storage or vegetation for negative lags (fire leads) suggest that the enhanced fire frequency will reduce vegetation carbon and affect subsequent droughts lasting for several years.

A leader in regional and global computer modeling of the Earth's climate and water cycles, Ruby Leung is among 106 new members — elected worldwide — to the 2017 class of the National Academy of Engineering.