Not exact matches
Pettersen's approach involved
studying the types of clouds that result in snow on the ice
sheet, and examining the distinct paths these clouds take
before they produce snow at Summit Station, a longstanding research station located in the middle of Greenland.
From 2001 to 2010, the amount of water added to the ice
sheet each year was 15 centimeters (6 inches) greater than it was
before 1900, according to the
study's authors.
The testing approach, known as «test - blind,» keeps fingerprint examiners walled off from police reports, rap
sheets and other material that can unconsciously influence an examiner's perceptions
before forming an opinion about the fingerprints being
studied.
Dueck recounts how he learned to structure tests differently, easily create a «sister test» that he could easily use for retests, and provide each student a tracking
sheet that showed which test sections and items they were weak on and gave directions for
study strategies they should try
before taking a second test.
Sheets observes: «Steir stands back again,
studying the canvas,
before moving to the left side with the ladder.
By coincidence, Behar's death came just three days
before publication of the latest
study on which he is a co-author — a detailed analysis of the melt - water rivers and moulin drains across a 2,000 - square - mile portion of the vast Greenland ice
sheet.
Previous
studies have suggested that this portion of the Antarctic Ice
Sheet may have retreated
before, but this recent work is the first of its kind to establish direct connections between the present - day Totten Glacier and the deteriorated landscape buried deep within the icy region.
Reports are available which indicate a massive melting of the arctic ice
sheet in the 1920's and 30's, long
before the era of global climate
studies.