Sentences with phrase «term weather patterns»

«I think there is a growing understanding that what we're seeing in short - term weather patterns is unusual.

Supporters of the enhanced greenhouse hypothesis rightly argue that it is the longer - term pattern which is important, not short - term weather patterns, however unusual.

It assumes existing wind and solar expansion plans go ahead, but says that, as result, «by 2030, wholesale market prices in some countries will have become highly volatile and driven by short term weather patterns».

The moral of the story - don't use short term weather patterns to draw conclusions about long term climate trends.

I was told that short - term weather patterns (a few cold winters) were proving to be the «last nail in the coffin» and the «last stake through the heart» of concern about AGW.

Water vapor, which is a greenhouse gas, albeit short lived, and a component of and response to weather conditions — but not, being so ephemeral, a driver of much longer term weather patterns (or climate)-- and due to it's heavy prevalence the greenhouse gas that is on average responsible for more re ra - radiated heat than any other, in fact is not warming, but cooling.

In short, aerosols can be linked to poorer air quality (both indoor and outdoor) and deaths because of this, changing short - term weather patterns, and long - term climatic changes contributing to melting of both Arctic sea ice and glaciers.

Defining Climate Climate = long term weather patterns... — Averages and variations in temp., precip., wind, etc..

Global warming was once an uncommon term used by a few scientists who were growing concerned over the effects of decades of pollution on long - term weather patterns.

Very much like global temperatures, year - to - year variation is also a very noisy system, bouncing around based upon short term weather patterns.

In a nutshell, climate change occurs when long - term weather patterns are altered — for example, through human activity.

See http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthglacier.html (**) From which I extract: -[«Ice and glaciers come and go there are many long - term weather patterns that the Earth goes through.

One reason, the article suggests, is that climate scientists study long - term weather patterns and meteorologists make short - term forecasts.

The definition of climate is long - term weather patterns or long - term weather AVERAGES.

Or would you agree that you really need to stay in that town for longer and observe its longer - term weather patterns to make such a judgment?

Although the seasons and long - term weather patterns like El Niño matter more, a new study finds that soil moisture also plays a role in influencing next - day rain in the United States.

The US and global transportation systems rely on a deep understanding of atmospheric conditions and long - term weather patterns.

But like El Niño, La Niña is a short - term weather pattern, and it can not stop temperatures from continuing to rise in the long term, researchers said.

Not exact matches

The term «evidence» would imply that we haven't solved why weather patterns are becoming more erratic and unpredictable.

The company's global perspective in terms of supply chain also serves an important purpose in protecting it against the natural spikes and valleys caused by changing seasons and weather patterns.

Droegemeier does not expect Bridenstine to support slashing the agency's budget, especially given that much of NASA's mission can be framed in terms of collecting data that are as applicable to understanding weather patterns as to understanding climate change.

Pacific temperature patterns like El Niño is only one of the factors that can affect weather in Europe on long - term scales.

And while weather patterns can change from year to year, Lake Superior appears to be behaving in ways that, to scientists, indicate long - term climate change: Water temperatures are rising and evaporation is up, which leads to lower water levels in some seasons.

In simple terms, what the researchers were looking at is how much weather changes from one day to the next, and how long a weather pattern — like a heat wave or a cold snap — lasts.

Over the long term, CO2 will continue to increase, bringing growing risks from sea level rise and disruptions to weather patterns.

While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long - term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases,» said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt.

Scientists expect some annual variability as wind and weather patterns change, but predict the contraction will continue long - term.

Not only do the vagaries of weather patterns and ocean currents make it hard to see climate changes, but the variability in what are often termed the Earth System components complicates the picture enormously.

«They were questions about how ice sheets relate to sea level, changes in the ocean, changes in the atmosphere and also changes in weather and long - term climate patterns,» says Dr Kennicutt.

Even so, our forecasting abilities must further improve for Montanans to better prepare for short - term variation in weather patterns and expected long - term impacts associated with climate change.

Over the long term, however, scientists agree: As climate change messes with weather patterns, California will likely experience longer and more severe droughts in the coming decades, threatening the sustainability of the state's main water supply system.

Additionally, teleconnections can be helpful in identifying likely seasonal and annual weather patterns and, in some cases, longer - term climate trends.

«Weekly or daily weather patterns tell you nothing about longer - term climate change (and that goes for the warm days too).

This is in contrast to fully - coupled models, such as those used in the IPCC projections, which make their own version of the weather and can only be expected to approximate the mean and general patterns of variability and the long - term trajectory of the sea ice evolution.

Averaging smoothes out day - to - day and year - to - year natural weather variability and extremes, removing much of the chaotic behavior, revealing any underlying long term trends in climate, such as a long term increase or decrease in temperature, or long term shifts in precipitation patterns.

Moreover, as each hurricane season is relatively short, it is especially susceptible to the caprices of «weather», i.e., a season may be strong or weak due to a particular weather pattern that is just a few weeks long and that does not reflect any long - term trend whatever.

However, there are other equally or more important climate forcings in terms of altering climate patterns such as droughts, floods and extreme weather.

«Along with VIIRS, NPP carries four more instruments that monitor the environment on Earth and the planet's climate, providing crucial information on long - term patterns to assess climate change and data used by meteorologists to improve short - term weather forecasting.»

Long - term climate variability is the range of temperatures and weather patterns experienced by the Earth over a scale of thousands of years.

Short - term climate variability is a term typically used to describe the natural range of temperatures and weather patterns experienced by the Earth within shorter periods.

The 20 - year horizon is relevant to short - term impacts, such as changes in weather patterns; the 100 - year horizon applies to longer time - scale changes, such as sea - level rise; while 500 years represents the longest time - scale it is felt reasonable to consider given our current knowledge.

Itzkan added that there is a continuing long - term trend of warmer and wetter weather across the country, a pattern that leads to more storms.

Phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña — which warm and cool the tropical Pacific Ocean and cause corresponding variations in global wind and weather patterns — contribute to short - term variations in global temperatures.

There is no doubt that weather patterns repeat themselves, sometimes enough over a thirty year period to cause a trend that can be termed «climate.»

For instance, T. Palmer, a scientist at the European center for medium - range weather forecast, writes in the journal «Weather» that climate predictions using GCMs could be grossly misleading because the computer simulations may be unable to accurately predict long - term changes in the frequency of weather patterns.

Well, reading the observations it is apparent that weather gets «stuck» (technical term) in a certain pattern, sometimes for many years.

«Increasing weather volatility or other long - term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients... we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas...» — Chipotle 2013 Annual Report

The effects on sea circulation patterns and weather are complex and difficult to tease out from natural variation, requiring long - term observation.

Climate change is a long - term change in Earth's weather patterns or average climate, including temperature and precipitation.

This is incorrect for the modern record and even more inaccurate for the long - term pattern of weather and climate on the prairies.