Sentence examples for by snowpack from inspiring English sources

Where the giant sequoia is in the Sierra Nevada is a system that's driven largely by snowpack.

Mr. Matuska knows that the water drawn up from the wells in Needles comes from the Colorado River, fed by snowpack in the Rocky Mountains.

Many Mediterranean rivers have their headwaters in mountainous regions where hydrological processes are driven by snowpack dynamics and the specific variability of the Mediterranean climate.

Although precipitation has generally increased between the two time periods evaluated here for California, the increases in air temperature and PET translate into increases in CWD in many locations, particularly those dominated by snowpack, such as the Sierra Nevada or Modoc Plateau ecoregions, which have increased in CWD by 4 and 5%, respectively, over the two 30-year periods.

Mountainous regions seasonally occupied by snowpack are quite sensitive to ongoing changes in climate as the timing of snowmelt is enhanced by warming thus changing the length of the wet season and extending the dry season for all regions downstream that rely on snowpack for public and agricultural use.

The AE activities produced by the snowpack were continuously recorded using a 2D-arrestor for AE in relation with the natural melt-freeze process.

The outbreak in Alberta may have been influenced by low snowpack or early melt, contributing to overall dry conditions — but as Martell pointed out, low humidity and high winds were also important factors.

Furthermore, our simulations demonstrate a significant sensitivity of L-band emission at horizontal polarization with respect to the density of the lowest snow layer as the result of refraction and impedance matching by the snowpack.

The threat of water shortages will increase as climate change progresses, for example, by shrinking snowpack.

The drought is caused by meager snowpack and poor planning, he said, "not because the immigrants are drinking too much water or taking too many showers".

The areas projected to be worst hit by dwindling snowpack are the San Joaquin basin in Western United States, the Colorado River basin that spans several US states and Mexico, and the Syr Darya basin of Central Asia.