Sentences with phrase «terrestrial water»

However, detecting acceleration is difficult because of (i) interannual variability in GMSL largely driven by changes in terrestrial water storage (TWS)(7 ⇓ — 9), (ii) decadal variability in TWS (10), thermosteric sea level, and ice sheet mass loss (11) that might masquerade as a long - term acceleration over a 25 - y record, (iii) episodic variability driven by large volcanic eruptions (12), and (iv) errors in the altimeter data, in particular, potential drifts in the instruments over time (13).

In addition to broadening applications to include measurements of terrestrial water, the synthetic aperture radar - interferometric technology of SWOT will provide much higher resolution measurements for studies of ocean eddies and measurements very near land for coastal applications.

The advantage of scenario 3 is the near - term broadening of applications of satellite altimetry to include studies of ocean eddies, near - coastal sea level variability, and terrestrial water.

The orbit for SWOT would have to be changed to a higher inclination and longer repeat period in order to satisfy the sampling requirements for the terrestrial water (lakes and rivers) applications.

Adding together the observed individual components of sea level rise (thermal expansion of the ocean water, loss of continental ice from ice sheets and mountain glaciers, terrestrial water storage) now is in reasonable agreement with the observed total sea - level rise.

Roderick, M. L., Hobbins, M. T. & Farquhar, G. D. Pan evaporation trends and the terrestrial water balance II.

Girotto M., G. J. M. DeLannoy, R. H. Reichle, M. Rodell, C. Draper, S. N. Bhanja and A. Mukherjee (May 2017): Benefits and pitfalls of GRACE data assimilation: A case study of terrestrial water storage depletion in India.

This discussion suggests three important conclusions: (i) the effect of changes in terrestrial water storage on sea level may be considerable; (ii) the net effect on sea level could be of either sign, and (iii) the rate has increased over the last few decades (in the assessment of Gornitz et al. (1997) from near zero at the start of the century to 0.8 mm / yr in 1990).

For some of the components of the terrestrial water budget, Gornitz et al. (1997), updated by Gornitz (2000), give net results which differ substantially from those of Sahagian (2000) and Vörösmarty and Sahagian (2000), and also from those of Sahagian et al. (1994) used by Warrick et al. (1996).

«This newly discovered link between polar motion and global - scale terrestrial water storage variability has broad implications for the study of past and future climate,» the authors write.

Ice, cloud and terrestrial water storage are variable on decadal to millennial scales at least.

Another finding of the paper is that precipitation was the dominant driver for changes in the terrestrial water budget before the early 1980's.

The close linkage between the oceanic and terrestrial water cycles motivated Li et al. to explore whether salinity signatures can be utilized as a predictor of terrestrial precipitation.

H: «Detecting anthropogenic footprints in sea level rise» I: «Model estimates of sea - level change due to anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial water storage» J: «Is anthropogenic sea level fingerprint already detectable in the Pacific Ocean?»

Paper I notes that human usage of terrestrial water (which does not account for all the ways in which anthropogenic climate change can result in sea level rise; for example, it does not account for thermal expansion of water) accounted for about 42 % of the sea level rise.

The graph shows the sources of the rise in sea level: the Greenland ice sheet; the Antarctica ice sheet; terrestrial water storage; glaciers; thermal expansion.

But if they didn't come to the conclusion that terrestrial water sources made no difference from inverse modeling, I'm not really sure how to take this comment.

Having terrestrial water sources on the chart with the huge error bars they had wouldn't have made a very convincing chart for the summary for policy makers section.

Not sure what you mean regarding treatment of anthropogenic terrestrial water storage (TWS) changes in AR4.

Likewise, Cazenave 2014 had published according to altimetry data, sea level had decelerated from 3.5 mm / yr in the 1990s to 2.5 mm / yr during 2003 - 2011, and that deceleration could be explained by increased terrestrial water storage, and the pause in ocean warming reported by Argo data.

Scientific knowledge input into process based models has much improved, reducing uncertainty of known science for some components of sea - level rise (e.g. steric changes), but when considering other components (e.g. ice melt from ice sheets, terrestrial water contribution) science is still emerging, and uncertainties remain high.

Not exact matches

While it is evident to science that there is a functional «teleonomy» or machine - like purposiveness in individual organisms (for example, the fish's eye is constructed so as to enable it to see under water, the heart toward pumping blood, the human brain toward problem - solving, etc.), still there is no hard evidence that life itself, terrestrial evolution or the universe as a whole has any overarching meaning.

Environmental water holders are supporting the integration of land and water management to improve environmental outcomes for both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Perhaps the most notable aspect of Hörst's experiment is what she left out: liquid water, which is crucial for terrestrial life but absent from most of the cosmos, including Titan.

Balmy ocean waters are putting the squeeze on phytoplankton, tiny plants that collectively fix as much carbon dioxide as all terrestrial greenery combined.

«Scientists discover first super salty subglacial lakes in Canadian Arctic: Super salty water beneath ice could serve as a terrestrial analogue for a habitat for life on other planets.»

They are made of water ice, which on the frigid satellite should be about as resistant to erosion as terrestrial minerals.

Pictures from Huygens show cobbles of ice that resemble water - worn rocks on a terrestrial stream bed.

The water — retailer relationship The quantity and quality of crop yields rely on a number of conditions including water access, soil fertility, adequate climate, seeds access, land availability and healthy terrestrial fauna and flora.

Similar objects in the Solar System likely delivered the bulk of water on Earth and represent the building blocks of the terrestrial planets.

That significant amounts come from respiratory processes means that the decomposition of terrestrial organic carbon in running waters may be higher than previously thought.

The study grew out of work the authors undertook in the Pacific, where scientists met with community members and local, regional, and national government experts to examine issues such as food security, access to fresh water, quality education, sustainable tourism, and protection of marine and terrestrial resources.

«Streams and rivers are not only passive conduits of water and terrestrial carbon dioxide, but also function as reactors that generate and release carbon dioxide during transport downstream,» said Erin Hotchkiss.

It was apparently — based on the eels» behavior — this conductor approaching them, sticking out of the water is apparently sort of the hallmark features of some terrestrial animal that's entered into their domain.

Although perchlorate is nasty enough that it's recommended not to exceed 25 parts per billion in U.S. drinking water, it's not a big deal for most terrestrial life, Phoenix scientists said.

Unlike the full - color environment that humans and other terrestrial animals inhabit, fishes live in a world that is predominantly blue because, with depth, water quickly absorbs the majority of the visible light spectrum.

The very complex olfactory system of modern insects is therefore not an adaptation to a terrestrial environment when ancient insects migrated from water to land, but rather an adaptation that appeared when insects developed the ability to fly.

Mangrove rivulus, which can live out of the water for extended periods of time (days or weeks, as long as the conditions are moist), uses its specialised jumping technique when water has low oxygen concentrations or high levels of hydrogen sulphide, or to escape predators and search for terrestrial prey such as crickets.

Although other salamanders metamorphose into terrestrial creatures, axolotls hold on to their feathery gills and stay in the water for their entire lives.

The main argument of the Doubting Thomases has always been that the chemical signs of fossil life in Martian meteorites are really terrestrial contaminants; perhaps microbe - laden water seeped into cracks in the rocks after they landed on the Antarctic ice.

Thus, solar radiation mineralizes terrestrial dissolved organic carbon more in the ocean than in the inland waters concludes Anssi Vähätalo, the leader of the research group.

«The export of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon from inland water to the ocean is faster than its photochemical mineralization in the inland waters.

Based on humankind's admittedly limited experience, habitability seems to mean a small world — a terrestrial planet rather than a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn — orbiting its star at a comfortable «Goldilocks» distance that allows water to persist in liquid form.

In this latest study, the team of researchers applied empirical and process - based models, to analyze local areas, as well as the global surface, and the effect of temperature and water availability variations on carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere.

Around 390 million years ago, the first vertebrate animals moved from water onto land, necessitating changes in their musculoskeletal systems to permit a terrestrial life.

Unlike terrestrial theropods, the pelvic girdle is downsized, the hind limbs are short, and all of the limb bones are solid without an open medullary cavity, for buoyancy control in water.

As compared with saltwater and terrestrial animals, freshwater species are particularly vulnerable because many depend on small, local water bodies.

This study highlights the key role of vegetation in controlling future terrestrial hydrologic response and emphasizes that the continental carbon and water cycles are intimately coupled over land and must be studied as an interconnected system.

«Our finding that vegetation plays a key role future in terrestrial hydrologic response and water stress is of utmost importance to properly predict future dryness and water resources,» says Gentine, whose research focuses on the relationship between hydrology and atmospheric science, land / atmosphere interaction, and its impact on climate change.

This waterproof film, a very ancient adaptation to terrestrial life, prevents excessive water loss and protects plants against insects and various pathogens.