Sentences with phrase «wind circulation patterns»

Another possibility might be that pollutants could cause changes in wind circulation patterns on a weekly basis.

The Tropopause is not continuous, being broken by wind circulation patterns as Figure 2 shows.

A study says the haze lasted much longer because the melting ice and increased snowfall altered wind circulation patterns.

A second, more likely explanation is that the amount of rainfall is related to the wind circulation patterns that sweep dust from both the Sahel and Sahara into the upper atmosphere, where it makes the long journey across the ocean.

Wind circulation patterns and storms affect exactly how much ice melts and freezes in a given year, but as temperatures have been rising over the last few decades, ice coverage in the Arctic has begun a marked decline, and in recent years the shrinkage has accelerated.