Sentences with phrase «satellite observation of»

Oceans are the biggest sink right now — we have reasonable numbers on how much they're absorbing through pH measures and satellite observation of chlorophyll production.

Based on current satellite observation of temperature rise, it will be 150 years before temperature rises 2 degC: mild tax.

Over the last 30 years of direct satellite observation of the Earth's climate, many natural influences including orbital variations, solar and volcanic activity, and oceanic conditions like El Nino (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) have either had no effect or promoted cooling conditions.

In cosmology, satellite observations of the universe repeatedly confirm scientists» picture of its composition and history.

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch uses satellite observations of sea surface temperatures and modeling to monitor and forecast when water temperatures rise enough to cause bleaching.

«In cosmology,» writes Adrian Cho in News Focus, «satellite observations of the universe repeatedly confirm scientists» picture of its composition and history.

Scott Goetz, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center who has studied the Amazon, said that fleshing out what are «essentially back - of - the - envelope calculations» of the 2010 drought's impact will require additional field measurements and a closer examination of satellite observations of the Amazon's tree canopy.

That's the conclusion of an analysis of satellite observations of more than 10,000 lakes in Siberia.

Using satellite observations of meteoric «flares» in the atmosphere («shooting stars») and acoustical data that record cosmic impacts on the surface of the earth, Peter Brown and his co-workers at the University of Western Ontario and Los Alamos National Laboratory estimated the rate of smaller impacts.

Recent advancements in satellite observations of solar - induced fluorescence, a proxy for photosynthesis, enabled the team to infer vegetation activity.

The system uses satellite observations of the timing and intensity of vegetation activity and how this relates to temperature and soil moisture to classify the world's vegetation into 24 biome types.

They used a high - resolution ocean model that has been shown to do a good job of matching direct satellite observations of the global ocean system.

Using global climate models and NASA satellite observations of Earth's energy budget from the last 15 years, the study finds that a warming Earth is able to restore its temperature equilibrium through complex and seemingly paradoxical changes in the atmosphere and the way radiative heat is transported.

To get around the problem, Fasullo and Trenberth decided to examine how well 16 global climate models reproduce recent satellite observations of relative humidity in the tropics and subtropics, a quantity that is directly related to cloud formation.

In addition, satellite observations of the ocean surface and atmospheric data were included.

But this fireball was not perfectly uniform, as satellite observations of the CBR show.

The study authors based their analysis on a combination of satellite observations of rainfall and vegetation and an atmospheric circulation model to track the movement of air masses.

This was compared with historical tide - gauge and satellite observations of sea - level change for the «global warming» period, since the industrial revolution.

This map displays satellite observations of brilliant meteors, called bolides, from 1994 - 2013.

Michel and colleagues took advantage of the wealth of geophysical data that have been collected in this region, using a catalog of earthquakes that have occurred in the area and models of the fault slip rate inferred from surface deformation given by Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite observations of ground changes.

Cable gave the example of satellite observations of Arctic and Antarctic ice fields, which are informing the planning for a Europa mission.

In particular, we should make sure of our discoveries on life in various environments on Earth, our knowledge of how our planet and its life have affected each other over Earth history, and our satellite observations of Earth's climate.

(Before Mann, the attacks seemed to be leveled primarily on the discrepancy between surface and satellite observations of warming.)

To contribute on the issue of satellite observations of methane such as from IASI.

Global climate model projections (in CMIP3 at least) appear to underestimate sea ice extent losses with respect to observations, though this is not universally true for all models and some of them actually have ensemble spreads that are compatible with PIOMAS ice volume estimates and satellite observations of sea ice extent.

The number of in situ and satellite observations of cryospheric parameters has increased considerably since AR4 and the use of the new data in trend analyses, and also in process studies, has enabled increased confidence in the quantification of most of the changes... They reveal a general decline in all components of the cryosphere...

And, as the satellite observations of Spencer and Braswell showed, as the planet warms over a period of several months, clouds act as a net negative feedback (the reflecting low - altitude clouds increase more than the absorbing high - altitude clouds with warming).

The hottest topic in climate research is the observation that global average surface temperature, as well as satellite observations of temperatures in the atmosphere, has shown little or no warming during the 21st century.

d'Entremont, R., C. Schaaf, W. Lucht, and A. Strahler (1999), Retrieval of red spectral albedo and bidirectional reflectance using AVHRR HRPT and GOES satellite observations of the New England region, J. Geophys.

Zhang and Lindsay, 4.3 ± 0.8, Model The forecasting system is based on a synthesis of a model, the NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data, and satellite observations of ice concentration and sea surface temperature.

And it is consistent with satellite observations of TOA flux (Loeb et al 2012).

The study shows that satellite observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are a useful tool toward understanding how semiarid ecosystems will respond to climate change in the future.

Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz recently organized a Senate hearing on the temperature record in which he called upon carefully selected witnesses to testify that calculations of temperature made by satellite observations of the upper atmosphere are superior to measurements made by thermometers at the Earth's surface.

The data is being reported by the University of Illinois's Arctic Climate Research Center, and is derived from satellite observations of the Northern and Southern hemisphere polar regions (Daily Tech).

To conduct its analysis, GISS uses publicly available data from three sources: weather data from more than a thousand meteorological stations around the world; satellite observations of sea surface temperature; and Antarctic research station measurements.

Press releases (4 Sept 2013): Ten years of satellite observations of greenhouse gases (CO2 and methane): ESA, DLR, Univ.Bremen,..., figures and animations, and media response.

The next step in Saatchi's research is to compare the carbon map with satellite observations of deforestation to identify source locations of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere.

Bio-optical sensors would supplement satellite observations of the ocean's color by providing measurements of chlorophyll, light, and light scattering deep into the ocean interior throughout the year, in cloud - and ice - covered areas, or during the dark of polar winter.

The temperature analysis produced at GISS is compiled from weather data from more than 1,000 meteorological stations around the world, satellite observations of sea - surface temperature, and Antarctic research station measurements.

GISTemp recently started using satellite observations of lights at night to identify urban regions — more light means more urban.

Homeyer's research is the first concept of its kind to take ground - based radar observations of storms and link them to satellite observations of trace gases to better understand the characteristics of storms and how they modify the atmospheric composition.

This activity also includes new interactions with NOAA NESDIS scientists regarding satellite observations of the Antarctic ozone layer, their comparison to ground - based and balloon - borne observations, and their interpretation with numerical modeling and analysis tools.

The GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies), NCDC (National Climate Data Center), and CRU (Climate Research Unit) data are all compiled from surface records, while the RSS (Remote Sensing Systems) and UAH (University of Alabama - Huntsville) data are compiled from satellite observations of the lower atmosphere.

The forecasting system is based on a synthesis of a model, the NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data, and satellite observations of ice concentration and sea surface temperature.

Below is a nice visualisation by NASA of the actual satellite observations of the Arctic melting season, which starts in March and ends in September each year.

WWLLN - TC users can access four categories of images to follow the lightning activity and satellite observations of tropical cyclones:

(5) The record of satellite observations of lower to mid-tropospheric temperature is still short and subject to large sampling fluctuations.

And if memory serves, that's just what satellite observations of OLR show.

As a result of limited satellite observations of sea ice thickness (for more information: Sea Ice Thickness Data Sets: Overview and Comparison), few climate modeling experiments have isolated the role of changing sea ice thickness.

One approach is to estimate global temperature as a simple function of climate forcing and ENSO through a regression approach; perhaps the best - known example is Foster & Rahmstorf (2011), which found that when the impact of natural factors (volcanic eruptions, solar variations, and ENSO) is removed, the trend in global temperature has been remarkably steady since 1979 (when satellite observations of atmospheric temperature begin).