Sentences with phrase «variation in wind»

Even a small variation in wind speed results in a variation in heat exchange and distribution in the atmosphere.

They are relatively easy to switch on and off, compensating for asynchronous variation in wind speed and sunlight on the one hand, and power consumption on the other.

Variations in the wind speed and the weight of the particles caused some parts of the cloud to travel faster or slower than others, and so the cloud spread as it moved around Earth, until it covered the equator with an almost imperceptible veil of dust and sulfurous particles.

«Since oxygen concentrations in the ocean naturally vary depending on variations in winds and temperature at the surface, it's been challenging to attribute any deoxygenation to climate change.

This flexibility is designed to facilitate a higher concentration of intermittent renewable resources — such as wind and solar — than is currently possible because, by having such flexible gas - fired plants, grid operators can respond to sudden changes in renewable generation caused by variations in wind speed or cloud cover.

The pattern of wind change is complex, but variations in winds can help to explain some of the regional patterns in sea - ice formation [8].

Also, if the big solar power plants out west and some of the geothermal, hydroelectric, biofuel, and wind plants all connect to the same HVDC lines, the ratio of average to peak power transmission can be reduced along those lines by having geothermal, biofuel, and hydroelectric plants respond to variations in wind and solar.

The results show that after allowing for variations in wind speed and site characteristics the average load factor of wind farms declines substantially as they get older, probably due to wear and tear.

The observation, which connects Arctic stratospheric ozone and variation in winds and sea - surface temperatures in the tropics, could help forecasters better understand what's going on.

southern oscillation a large - scale atmospheric and hydrospheric fluctuation centered in the equatorial Pacific Ocean; exhibits a nearly annual pressure anomaly, alternatively high over the Indian Ocean and high over the South Pacific; its period is slightly variable, averaging 2.33 years; the variation in pressure is accompanied by variations in wind strengths, ocean currents, sea - surface temperatures, and precipitation in the surrounding areas

3 Affecting Surface Currents Wind — Caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere, variations in wind temperature lead to variations in air density and pressure.

There are variations in wind pattern, ocean currents and arctic melting.

Instead, changes in the South Pole's ozone hole from year - to - year are likely the result of natural variations in wind patterns, researchers said here Wednesday (Dec. 11) in a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

These are likely a function of varying meteorological conditions particularly variations in wind speed, cloud cover and solar radiation.

«Since oxygen concentrations in the ocean naturally vary depending on variations in winds and temperature at the surface, it's been challenging to attribute any deoxygenation to climate change.»

Bath and McCamley make assertions of superiority over horizontal - axis turbines: the turbine, they say, starts up in lighter winds, handles variations in wind direction better and can continue operating at very high wind speeds.

During operation, the energy storage is used to smooth variations in wind power production in order to follow the scheduling plan.

But not all locations work equally well for wind power, and even small variations in wind speed can translate into big differentials in the cost of producing energy.

Not exact matches

I suspect most Americans are Deists... which in and of itself carries several variations The short list is strict Deist; no involvement by God in daily things (wind the clock and let it tick down), Christian Deist; believeing in the goodness of Jesus Christ and following his ways, but not acknowleding his divinity (same could be said for any number of historical figures), and those Deists who believe God does intervene on occasion in the world.

In particular, it shows that it is the action of coastal winds that regulates surface temperature variations off Peru, on timescales of around two months.

Gross says that the most important processes affecting day length are changes in the weather, especially unusual variations in the strength and direction of the winds, which bring on alterations in the global circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.

The model looks mainly at how the squares affect one another, rather than at variations in temperature, pressure and wind direction within each one.

David Thomson, Carol Mclennan and Louis Lanzerotti of AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, claim that the flow of particles in the solar wind shows periodic variations on timescales of a few minutes, which exactly match the periods of vibrations of the Sun's core (Nature, vol 376, p 139).

Researchers report that one tiny variation in the sequence of a gene may cause some people to be more impaired by traumatic brain injury (TBI) than others with comparable wounds.

Even as Irma struck Florida, civil engineer Forrest Masters of the University of Florida in Gainesville, his students and collaborators traveled to the southern part of the state to study the intensity and variation in the hurricane's winds.

Both real - world observations and the team's simulations reveal that the abnormally strong winds — driven by natural variation in a long - term climate cycle called the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation — have, for the time being, carried the «missing» heat to intermediate depths of the western Pacific Ocean.

DNA was isolated from each patient's blood and analyzed for the presence of any of six candidate genetic variations in a panel of scar formation and wound - healing genes.

Nor could scientists find any connection between the radio - signal intensity and variations in the solar wind.

The models, which factor in natural effects such as solar winds and volcanic eruptions, along with anthropogenic forcings like greenhouse gases and aerosols, match these precipitation variations accurately in trend and reasonably well in magnitude.

They tested different variations — some with more elliptical cross-sections or with more twists, for example — in smooth, laminar airflow or a more turbulent wind.

In addition to the effect of wind - driven sea - ice, such feed - backs may explain the large local temperature anomalies and large natural variations in the ArctiIn addition to the effect of wind - driven sea - ice, such feed - backs may explain the large local temperature anomalies and large natural variations in the Arctiin the Arctic.

He faced the same problems encountered by all telescope designers of the time: how do you keep your mirror in its ideal shape as it moves to different inclinations, while also dealing with wind and temperature variations?

Topography can also influence fire behavior by determining local microclimates — for example, variations in local snowpack, temperature, and humidity (Holden and Jolly 2011)-- or alignment with prevailing winds (Sharples 2009) which increase fire spread.

These ocean winds, in turn, are affected by variations in natural cycles that manifest in changes at the surface of the ocean and immediately over it.

The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition (the concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane); changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles (and possibly the Sun's orbit around the galaxy); the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the Earth's surface, which could affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth - Moon system; and the impact of relatively large meteorites, and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.

They include sunspots on the Sun's surface, solar flares, and variations in the solar wind that carry material through the solar system.

Tonight comes another variation on the post-9 / 11 theme in the form of the wounded hero, as portrayed by Denis Leary in the new FX drama Rescue Me.

Oates is equally unflinching in her inquiry into class and racial conflicts, and in her imaginative and intrepid variations on actual circumstances and crimes, from the limited choices of disadvantaged women in her Detroit - set National Book Award — winning them (1969) to Marilyn Monroe's disastrous celebrity in Blonde (2000) to a tale of the opposite lives of two college students in Black Girl / White Girl (2006) to the JonBenet Ramsey case and the horrors of the tabloid press in My Sister, My Love (2008) to the festering wound of a long - ago New Jersey lynching in The Accursed (2013).

As we go back and forth to places throughout the day, there is a variation in humidity, temperature, and wind which causes are skin to dry out if not moisturized properly.

The resulting work, often vast in scale, is subject to all natural changes, such as temperature variations, light and darkness, wind, and erosion.

How these cyclical climate take place is still unknown, but they «are most likely caused by variations in the solar wind and associated magnetic fields that affect the flux of cosmic rays incident on cloudiness, and thereby control the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface and thus the climate.»

Built in June by Dr. Henry Loescher, the tower, located high on a ridge overlooking the Trans - Alaska Pipeline and Dalton Highway, is collecting data on prevailing wind directions and annual temperature variations that are crucial for the design and construction of a National Ecological Observatory Network research site.

Then there are seasonal variations in the pattern: we see much stronger wind from late winter to early summer than in the rest of the year.

But many say that natural variations in Arctic winds and cloud cover probably had a role in shaping the particularly large ice losses in the past two summers.

Short - term variations in ocean heat uptake, such as the anomalous deep ocean warming of late, are due to changes in the vertical & horizontal distribution of heat in the ocean — mostly the wind - driven ocean circulation.

(For instance, changes in wind or salinity or seaweed, surface warming in regions (in) sensitive to OHC, perhaps the southern oceans or perhaps NH / SH with their different proportions of land, or variations in the frequency / amplitude of a known oceanic wobble.)

Suggested mechanisms range from upwelling of warm deep waters onto the continental shelf in response to variations in the westerly winds, to an influence of El Niño — Southern Oscillation on sea surface temperatures.

The variable A may represent a characteristic of the climate system (humidity, winds,...) or may characterize natural variations (e.g., in the seasonal cycle, or from year to year).

Variations in solar wind pressure would create a bellows effect on the atmosphere below the tropopause.

Ocean currents sometimes mix and sometimes stratify the signals from different parts of the oceans, but since they, too, can change with season, with wind direction and velocity, and with changes in THC / MOC, they also create variations in SST.