Sentences with phrase «snow accumulation on»

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.

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That doesn't provide a full picture of snow accumulation, since it doesn't take into account the density of the snow layers that pile on the ice.

David Ullman, a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University and lead author on the study, said there are two mechanisms through which ice sheets diminish — dynamically, from the jettisoning of icebergs at the fringes, or by a negative «surface mass balance,» which compares the amount of snow accumulation relative to melting.

They found that if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at the pace they're currently on, melt could outpace the accumulation of snow there as early as 2090.

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.

For typical mid-latitude glaciers, winter snow accumulation is on the order of 1 m / year (ice equivalent — or about 3 m of snow).

The weather does provide challenges however; clearing winter snow accumulation is the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team's first physical challenge on their arrival to begin the season.

I went out for a little walk today and it started snowing, yet there wasn't much accumulation of snow on the ground and it made me... View Post

Speaking of front - wheel drive, you could throw some snow tires on this Riviera and charge through the accumulation with a little extra comfort and weight.

Snow and ice often accumulate on rooftops and if the sun is out or as temperatures rise, this accumulation can slide and injure your dog.

On the boundary of the Banff and Jasper National Parks is the Columbia Icefield, one of the largest accumulations of ice and snow south of the Arctic Circle, covering an area of nearly 325 square kilometres.

Even though the accumulation of snow is fairly uncommon during this month, the chances of snow lying on the ground are at their highest around February 23rd.

For typical mid-latitude glaciers, winter snow accumulation is on the order of 1 m / year (ice equivalent — or about 3 m of snow).

The accumulation of soot on the summer snows of mountaintops and glaciers all over the globe.

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.

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:

Residual snow accumulation (final late snow balance: Mayo et al., 1972) at the end of the ablation season is determined using probing and crevasse stratigraphy on the same date as ablation measurements are completed.

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 elevations.

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).

Don't infer the snow accumulation history from NOAA's climate change models, because that history doesn't correlate with NOAA's own published data on timing of snow accumulation rates near the poles.

In this way Antarctica undergoes rapid ice loss followed by periods of slower recuperation depending on regional rates of snow accumulation.

Variability of snow accumulation and isotopic composition on Nevado Sajama, Bolivia.

I would expect that most people in that area would be able to deal with even the highest accumulation predicted (you wait for a snow plow to come by if nothing else), but that is simply an assumption on my part.

The study focused on modeling frost and snow related land surface processes, such as frost churning, palsa mires and snow accumulation sites.

Dansgaard et al. (1989); increasingly abrupt changes were seen on further study, Johnsen et al. (1992); Grootes et al. (1993); jumps of Greenland snow accumulation «possibly in one to three years» were reported by Alley et al. (1993); see Alley (2000); five - year Younger Dryas steps: Taylor et al. (1997); a Younger Dryas temperature step in less than a decade was found to be hemisphere - wide since methane gas changed as well, Severinghaus et al. (1998).

People all over the world rely on melting snow to replenish their water supplies, and the earlier melt (and sometimes smaller accumulation) reduces the water availability for these people, threatening their way of life.

Annual mass balance is the difference between winter snow and ice accumulation on a glacier, and summer snow and ice loss from a glacier during a given year.

Where the obstruction was snow or ice on stairs or a walkway, a landlord could be held liable to the tenant only if he placed the snow or ice there, or was otherwise responsible for it being there, which he would not be if the snow and ice were a natural accumulation.

Because our existing case law holds that a property owner does not violate the duty of reasonable care by failing to remove natural accumulations of snow and ice, see Sullivan v. Brookline, 416 Mass. 825, 827 (1994), the judge concluded that, as a matter of law, the plaintiff could not prevail on his claims of negligence; therefore, the judge allowed the defendants» motions for summary judgment.

Rather, the plaintiff alleged that the landlord was liable for failing to place a railing on either side of the steps, and for constructing the steps in such a manner that «they occasioned the accumulation of ice and snow thereon improperly.»

This court abolished, in premises liability actions involving a slip and fall on snow and ice, the distinction between natural and unnatural accumulations of snow and ice, which had constituted an exception to the general rule of premises liability that a property owner owes a duty to all lawful visitors to use reasonable care to maintain its property in a reasonably safe condition in view of all the circumstances [370 - 384]; further, this court saw no reason to limit its holding to prospective application [384 - 386].

Placing different obligations for snow removal on different kinds of properties (e.g., businesses and small homes) is entirely sensible and is part of a larger historical trend recognizing that liability for landowners should not hinge on hard - and - fast legal rules (such as the «natural accumulation rule») but instead should depend upon the purposes for which the property is used.

The most common causes for ankle injuries in slip and fall cases is as a result of snow and ice accumulation on a poorly maintained surface.

RI Slip and Fall on Ice and Snow Law: «Rhode Island follows the «Connecticut Rule» when determining the duty of care to keep a premises safe from naturally occurring accumulations of ice and sSnow Law: «Rhode Island follows the «Connecticut Rule» when determining the duty of care to keep a premises safe from naturally occurring accumulations of ice and snowsnow.

• Heavy snow or ice accumulation on building roofs, outdoor equipment, power lines, leading to potential collapse.

Freezing temperatures and snow accumulation can have a devastating impact on even the most meticulously planned trip, making TripAssure travel protection a welcome companion for holiday travel this year.

Solar installation may also affect the roof warranty due to damage of the membrane during installation, additional wear and tear resulting from unforeseen traffic on the roof, or from excessive loads on the roof structure due to system weight, wind load or snow accumulation.