Sentences with word «upwind»

The attorneys general for New York and Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in the latest multi-state effort to compel federal regulators to reduce smog blowing in from upwind states.

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.

«Whilst the aerodynamic noise from a rotating turbine blade produces energy in the infrasound range, measurements of infrasound noise emissions from modern upwind turbines indicates that at distances of 200 metres, infrasound is in the order of 25 dB below the recognised perception threshold of 85 dB (G) and other similar recognised perception thresholds (Hayes Mckenzie Partnership Ltd, 2006).

They argue that forcing more stringent controls on power plants in upwind states wouldn't be fair — or legal — when so much of the problem is out of their hands.

Going upwind on a surfboard with straps is a bit easier because you can lean back and use the straps as leverage.

Be sure there is good airflow and always stand upwind of the flame (so that the breeze carries the smoke away from you).

We avoid the bug and mosquito problem by never putting anchor down within at least a couple of miles upwind from the nearest cay.

«Conventional upwind blades are expensive to manufacture, deploy, and maintain beyond 10 - 15 MW.

Be sure to stand upwind as you open the smoker; that smoke could be «hotter» than you think!

We had a new boat out and it seems to be performing quite nicely upwind so that's been alright and we've been starting on the whole reasonably well and creating options.

But there's more than one reason stay upwind of drugged cattle.

Further, the oxygen - 18 signal in precipitation integrates a history of the air mass travel and in some cases reflect nonlocal changes upwind of the site (see e.g., Lewis et al., 2010; Clim.

DAY 4 Heading back upwind brings you to a perfect little anchorage at Bluefield Range.

The idea was to see whether beetles would be attracted enough to trek upwind.

If a fly moves upwind, towards the odor source, the odor is rated as attractive.

One of the ironies of these stops is that the biggest threat to a home may not be the tornado itself but the buildings upwind where owners have not built in resiliency.

In one study high concentrations of antibiotic and multidrug - resistant bacteria were detected inside and downwind of an industrial - size swine production facility, but not upwind.

but where pigs had been legion only fuzzy white hoofprints crowded upwind over black, B B B and none stayed feral in our region.

With no harness, no foot straps, a flat board and a kite that didn't float, he had no hope of skimming upwind.

Patience added: «We've had quite good upwind speed this week.

In contrast, no diazinon was found in frogs on the coast or at Lassen Volcanic National Park, areas that lie upwind of agricultural areas.

You could tack upwind towards the Sun or bear away towards Pluto with the wind behind you.

In cross section, the ripples are asymmetric, having low - angle upwind (stoss) faces and steeper downwind (lee) faces.

«If one person does the best they can to make their building structurally sound and safe, [it doesn't matter] if a neighbor upwind does a bad job.»

«The striking feature of the infotaxis model is that the casting and zigzagging steps are not preprogrammed by imposing explicit rules of movement such as «advance upwind» or «turn crosswind,»» she says.

Drawing on evidence from a Pennsylvania power plant located upwind of New Jersey, the researchers studied live singleton births that occurred from 1990 to 2006 in the area downwind of the plant.

While each state has the statutory authority to regulate plants within its own boundaries, regulatory incentives between upwind and downwind states are not necessarily aligned.

Miriam Marlier, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University who has studied this and past fire outbreaks in the region, said satellite data can also help scientists and policymakers target upwind and downwind locations to understand both the health impacts as well as the fire hot spots.

Without straps for leverage, the hamstrings have to work twice as hard to keep the board pointing upwind.

However the scent of a snack gets his attention; a grizzly's sense of smell is so acute it can detect an animal carcass more than 30 kms away upwind.

The river can get quite windy at times and a paddle upwind, against the flow of current can be very challenging

Ample upwind openings, deep terraces on southern elevations and the biggest balcony...

Liu et al used observations of CO from the MOPITT instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite to identify CO2 released from upwind wildfires.

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

The study used aircraft measurements where they circled upwind and downwind of potential sources, but they only sampled during two days.

A nearby circuit showed higher methane upwind of a pad than downwind, indicating a source outside the target area, possibly from nearby mine vents.

For example, one well pad appears to be the source of a methane plume, since only background methane was observed upwind but anomalous levels were found just downwind.

You can strategically place a bush or a fence upwind of the coils to block the unit from high winds.

While mid-latitude sites in NOAA's carbon dioxide monitoring network, such as Cape May, New Jersey, have recorded carbon dioxide in the spring that has exceeded 400 parts per million for several years, such readings were discounted due to the influence that major carbon dioxide producing cities upwind of the sites has on the readings.

This research was certainly «noticed», because it led to immediate changes in design from downwind bladed wind turbines to upwind bladed turbines, specifically to reduce or eliminate this problem of annoyance to the neighbours.

Along with greenhouse gases, black soot from upwind pollution sources threatens to eliminate glaciers from the Tibetan Plateau during the 21st century.

I do know that when manually recording thermometer readings at an airport Met Office, one needs to take into account wind direction, aircraft exhaust upwind and so on, before rushing off to declare a new record maximum temperature.