Sentence examples for infrequent rainfall from inspiring English sources

The importance of this factor in Barcelona may be especially attributable to the generally infrequent rainfall, resulting in significant reentrainment of PM in the streets, concurrent with subsequent high exposures for the relatively dense urban population.

Since high-frequency aeolian processes provide an adequate quantity of transportable sediment and promote AHC flow, most of the infrequent rainfall-induced floods occurring in arid zones can develop as AHC flows.

Although Muzarabani receives infrequent heavy rainfall, it is also subject to seasonal droughts.

During infrequent major rainfall events and the cold period snowmelt events the impacts of urbanization were less pronounced.

A second aspect of EVI linked to land cover differences is the speed at which vegetation responds to rainfall, as plants in drier ecosystems have evolved to respond more quickly to infrequent rain events (Ogle and Reynolds, 2004).

Cacti have shallow roots that quickly soak up infrequent desert rainfalls, and most species do not have leaves, which are easily desiccated.

Infrequent, high intensity rainfall or snowmelt causes a particularly high flood risk to these karst areas.

We hypothesize that because native short grass species would be expected to be well-adapted to climate and soil conditions in areas with infrequent and erratic rainfall, their performance in terms of drought resistance, resilience to disturbance, and efficient resource use, will exceed that of a non-native species.

Rainfall was infrequent across the country but fell heavily in the third week in the south and Wales as fronts moved slowly north.

The heaviest rainfall events are infrequent but they make up a significant percentage of the total rainfall.

This event is usually dictated by local, infrequent, and unpredictable arid-zone rainfall patterns.