Sentence examples for lowered precipitation from inspiring English sources

The causes of drought are combinations of lowered precipitation and higher temperatures.

The most severe drought in North Brazil in 30 years, linked to lower precipitation and river runoff in the rainy season of 2012, may have resulted in (1) lower abundance of small juveniles of several dominant species in this assemblage (especially Ariidae – Cathorops agassizii and Sciades herzbergii) and (2) increased dominance of large-sized specimens of the tetraodontid Colomesus psittacus.

A combination of lower precipitation and high temperatures over the last three years, coupled with relatively little snow, has reduced stream flows in the region to well below normal.

It's a strategy that worked a year ago when resorts were faced with lower precipitation and a slumping economy.

All the same, lower temperatures counteract lower precipitation by reducing evaporation, so that sparse grass does grow, at least seasonally, even where rainfall is only between 10 and 20 inches (250 and 500 millimetres) a year.

Whereafter, the lower precipitation was collected and dried.

In lower precipitation years, yields and grape composition were ameliorated by MP.

With lower precipitation rates, all vegetation types showed comparable evapotranspiration rates due to water limitations.

During periods of lower precipitation, the modeled difference in FR effect was less (Additional file 1).

The annual air temperature and precipitation at TN and TC in 2010 were consistent with their long-term climate regimes, but lower precipitation was found at NT (2041 vs. 2500 mm) because of lower precipitation in summer.

Higher temperature and lower precipitation were detected in autumn than in spring.