Sentences with phrase «snow accumulation in»

I live a few hundred miles south - west of Korttajärvi and here we are in a zone where there is little snow accumulation in most winters.

While the term «snowy» has generally been true for most of American history, the mountain range has seen far less snow accumulation in recent years.

Measurement of snow accumulation in the accumulation area was accomplished using probing and crevasse stratigraphy.

Rubin, M.J., and M.B. Giovinetto, Snow accumulation in central West Antarctica as related to atmospheric and topographic factors, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.

The study's authors attribute the rise in snow accumulation in part to increased regional storm activity.

Antarctic climate results from a complex mix of oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, so there could also be other components affecting the amount of snow accumulation in the region, Bromwich said.

High winds and significant snow accumulation in higher elevations are forecast for Friday, March 2.

A new study has examined the potential effects of declining snow accumulations in many regions around the world, identifying areas that may be particularly vulnerable.

Not exact matches

Snow is in the forecast Saturday night into Sunday morning, and we're talking about significant accumulation.

With high snow accumulation levels expected in some areas and poor visibility and road conditions... Read more

According to the governor, the highest snow accumulation of 88 inches was reported in Cowlesville, Wyoming County.

The National Weather Service predicted heavy lake - effect snow, with total snow accumulation of 2 to 3 feet in areas of the most persistent lake snows.

In the Southern Tier areas, total snow accumulations of 6 - 10 inches are expected in spots where lake snows are concentrated with similar wind chills, forecasters saiIn the Southern Tier areas, total snow accumulations of 6 - 10 inches are expected in spots where lake snows are concentrated with similar wind chills, forecasters saiin spots where lake snows are concentrated with similar wind chills, forecasters said.

The highest accumulations are expected in the higher elevations of the region where the air will be cold enough to support snow.

They also used a physically based computer model of the hydrologic cycle, which takes daily weather observations and computes the snow accumulation, melting, and runoff to estimate the total snowpack in the western U.S.

The beginning of the last glacial period was characterized in the Northern hemisphere by significant accumulation of snow at high latitudes and the formation of a huge polar ice sheet.

The study's authors said these storms could increase with climate change, possibly leading to further increases in snow accumulation.

Annual snow accumulation increased in the early 20th century, rising 30 percent between 1900 and 2010, according to the new study.

The paper draws a convincing connection between the intensification of the Amundsen Sea low - pressure system and increasing snow accumulation, said David Bromwich, a polar weather and climate scientist with the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, who was not an author on the new paper.

The uptick in snow accumulation since the 1920s may suggest an even longer trend of increasing storms, Thomas said.

Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically during the 20th century, according to a new study published in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Spatial and temporal variability in snow accumulation at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide over recent centuries.

«Such an increase would not only reduce snow accumulations over the glaciers, but would also expose over 90 % of the current glaciered area to melt in the warmer months.»

In my area, we got about half a foot of snow accumulation.

I chose a mid-height so that snow wouldn't get inside my boots if the accumulation was high, as in recent years.

With over three feet of snow still in our backyard from this winter's accumulation, I'm desperate for spring to come to Minnesota.

We dusted off the accumulation from the night before and fired up the German wolf pack, but the slick, snowed - in parking area proved a challenge for the Macan.

This 2013 GMC Acadia Denali with AWD saved me during a commute in a late - winter storm that included white - out conditions and 2 inches or more of snow accumulation.

The accumulation of packed snow in the concrete's seams made opaque grids, grids that were again defined by planes of less dense, more transparent layers of snow that covered the higher surfaces.

UPDATE 10:15 p.m.: Other measurements show that Greenland is still clearly losing more ice through melting around the edges than it is gaining through the accumulation of snow in the interior.

But also keep in mind that Lambeck et al (2002) have suggested that loss of permanent ice over the Arctic Sea at the end of the last interglacial allowed for increased accumulation of snow and ice at high latitudes because of the increased amount of moisture available.

A combination of low winter snow accumulation and warm spring temperatures created a new record low spring snow cover duration over the Arctic in 2010, since satellite observations began in 1966.

Dr. Steffen, recently back from the field there, mentioned on Wednesday that the melting rate in summers in most years since my trip had far outpaced the rate of snow accumulation.

What you've said is encapulated in my short statement that there is uncertainty in the lag / lead precisely because of uncertainty in the trapping time, which does (as you say) vary with conditions (notably, temperature and snow accumulation rate).

And it means more time must be spent on those ice sheets, both in the melt zones and the places where accumulation of snow still dominates — including Swiss Camp, which I visited on the flanks of the ice sheet in 2004:

Locked in the ancient striations — each representing a winter's accumulation of compacted snow — is a unique natural record of climatic and atmospheric conditions from decades, centuries, even millenniums past.

In the winter time vast amounts of moisture is circulated in a wide area through snow accumulationIn the winter time vast amounts of moisture is circulated in a wide area through snow accumulationin a wide area through snow accumulations.

At higher elevations, an increase in winter snow accumulation has partially offset the melt.

Only accumulation measurements are made above the snow line in the accumulation zone.

Other proxy data, such as dust concentration, and snow accumulation, suggest an even more rapid transition, requiring about a 7 °C (13 °F) warming in just a few years.»

In the Bay Area, conditions will not be quite as favorable as in the Central Valley, but while precipitation will probably start out as rain under 2000 feet snow levels will drop quickly on the back end of the precipitation band associated with the cold front, possibly bringing some snow accumulations down to 1000 feet and a brief rain / snow mix to even lower elevationIn the Bay Area, conditions will not be quite as favorable as in the Central Valley, but while precipitation will probably start out as rain under 2000 feet snow levels will drop quickly on the back end of the precipitation band associated with the cold front, possibly bringing some snow accumulations down to 1000 feet and a brief rain / snow mix to even lower elevationin the Central Valley, but while precipitation will probably start out as rain under 2000 feet snow levels will drop quickly on the back end of the precipitation band associated with the cold front, possibly bringing some snow accumulations down to 1000 feet and a brief rain / snow mix to even lower elevations.

Consequently winter snows and ice accumulations which were formerly melted in summer are no longer dissipated.

The actual data shows snow accumulation is more in warm times and less in cold times.

Meanwhile during this period of ice melt, Mt. Blanc in Europe and Mt. Logan in North America have both recently had their elevations increased due to the significan accumulation of snow in recent years - hardly what I would say is an indicator of serious global warming.

The hydrology of the FRB is dominated by snow accumulation and melt processes, leading to a prominent annual peak streamflow invariably occurring in June — July.

Estimates of surface snow water equivalent (SWE) in alpine regions with seasonal melts are particularly difficult in areas of high vegetation density, topographic relief and snow accumulations.

The hydrology of the FRB is dominated by snow accumulation and melt processes, leading to a prominent annual peak streamflow invariably occurring in June - July.

The rather striking graphic above demonstrates just how strong this elevational snowpack gradient has been in 2017 — with near - record snow water equivalent comparable to 1983 at the highest elevations and dramatically less accumulation further down the slopes.

This 20 - year variability is, however, significantly reduced in the northern (Camp Century and Agassiz Ice Cap) region, likely due to a larger distance from the Atlantic Ocean, and a much lower snow accumulation.

This snowpack accumulation near the poles, which gets its water via the Arctic and Antarctic oceans, that in turn rob it from equatorial latitudes of our oceans, also results in a reduction in the earth's spin axis moment of inertia and causes the spin rate to increase as evidenced in the recent history of the rate at which Leap Seconds are added to our calendar (see Wysmuller's Toucan Equation for more on this evidence that during this warm time with much greater polar humidity, earlier seasonal, later seasonal and heavier snows are beginning to move water vapor from the oceans to the poles to re-build the polar ice caps and lead us into a global cooling, while man - made CO2 continues to increase http://www.colderside.com/faq.htm).