Sentences with phrase «snow samples»

The project involved collecting hundreds of snow samples from 67 sites away from any cities or major roads.

The new paper documents how much light is blocked, and at which wavelengths, by filtered snow samples.

The collection of black carbon snow samples to investigate spatial variability and its relationship to snow melt; and 2.

«Long term, policy-wise, if we can say what percentage is from [man - made] sources, policymakers can see where to cut pollution,» said Strellis, who spent most of May, June and July at Summit collecting and analyzing snow samples for the project.

Fierz and Baunach will take snow samples from their boxes every 12 hours, as the snow's temperature rises from minus four to 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scientists discover microbes in snows sampled from different parts of the world — and show how microorganisms might be the catalyst

Still another took snow samples to measure black carbon, a component of particulate matter that absorbs sunlight and can speed glacial melt.

With the help of ice and snow samples from Antarctica, the phenomenon was verified at a global level.

Snow samples are very fragile and therefore looking at them with traditional light microscopes can change structures and even melt them.

But collecting the snow samples would require a month of fieldwork, and Zatko had no funding to cover the costs.

To reach it, the team loaded nine mules with 900 pounds of food, camping supplies, one ground - penetrating radar (the Noggin 100 MHz)-- along with its batteries, cables, antenna and monitor — an incubator for snow samples, solar - powered batteries, test tubes, flow meters and other scientific instruments.

The data include soluble ions (sodium and non-sea-salt sulfate) and dust particle concentrations, as well as major oxide geochemistry of tephra grains isolated from snow samples.

Snow sampling has to move progressively upwind to get away from contamination produced by the camp itself.

Snow samples were collected from glaciers in India and the seasonal snowpack of the Finnish Arctic.

Snow samples have been measured for their elemental carbon (used as a proxy for black carbon) and mineral dust content in order to estimate their impact on snow reflectance.