Sentences with phrase «varying precipitation patterns»

Not exact matches

Although there is still some disagreement in the preliminary results (eg the description of polar ice caps), a lot of things appear to be quite robust as the climate models for instance indicate consistent patterns of surface warming and rainfall trends: the models tend to agree on a stronger warming in the Arctic and stronger precipitation changes in the Topics (see crude examples for the SRES A1b scenarios given in Figures 1 & 2; Note, the degrees of freedom varies with latitude, so that the uncertainty of these estimates are greater near the poles).

Glaciers and snowpack, the key cryospheric components of high mountain systems, are sensitive to increases in temperature, shifting atmospheric circulation patterns, and varying amounts and forms of precipitation.

The response patterns of clouds and precipitation to warming vary dramatically depending on the climate model, even in the simplest model configuration.

Dust impact on climate has varied over time, depending on the amount of dust particles in the atmosphere and therefore on aspects like vegetation, wind strength, and precipitation patterns (8 ⇓ — 10).

Precipitation patterns vary widely, ranging from several metres of water per year to less than a millimetre.