Sierra Nevada
A global model simulation for 3-D radiative transfer impact on surface hydrology over the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains
... More recently, the 3-D radiative transfer parameterization has been incorporated into the global Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) with a 0.23 ◦ × 0.31 ◦ res- olution to investigate the long-term 3-D ...
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Topographic and vegetation effects on snow accumulation in the southern Sierra Nevada: a statistical summary from lidar data
... The objective of the work reported here is to improve our understanding of how topographic and vegetation attributes affect snow accumulation in mixed-conifer forests. Using li- dar data from four headwater areas in the ...
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Observations of the diurnal and seasonal trends in nitrogen oxides in the western Sierra Nevada
... Wind speed and direction measurements made at the UC- BFRS, Big Hill, and other sites maintained by the California Air Resources Board in the vicinity show that the general wind direction in the region is from the WSW ...
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A quantitative evaluation of the conservation umbrella of spotted owl management areas in the Sierra Nevada.
... the Sierra Nevada of California has shifted towards increasing closed can- opy mature forest conditions through the protection of areas occupied by the California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis ...the ...
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High abundances of potentially active ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in oligotrophic, high-altitude lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA.
... Nitrification plays a central role in the nitrogen cycle by determining the oxidation state of nitrogen and its subsequent bioavailability and cycling. However, relatively little is known about the underlying ecology of ...
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Application of MODIS snow cover products: wildfire impacts on snow and melt in the Sierra Nevada
... There is a statistically significant (P < 0.05) increase in to- tal annual area burned in the Sierra Nevada from the 1980s to the present. The decadal average of annual burned area in- creased from 300 ...
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Zonação altitudinal de musgos no oeste da Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Boyacá, Colombia
... the Sierra Nevada of Cocuy, Boyacá, ...the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Boyacá, Colombia has a wide range of climate and ecosystems due to its complex ...structure, Sierra Nevada del ...
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Surface motion of active rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: inventory and a case study using InSAR
... seasonal and inter-annual variability. Other satellites such as ERS-1/2 and Envisat ac- quired longer time series of SAR data that are of potential for investigating response of rock glaciers in the Sierra ...
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A WRF simulation of the impact of 3-D radiative transfer on surface hydrology over the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada
... In conjunction with radiative transfer in mountains/snow regions, we have developed a Monte Carlo photon tracing program, which is specifically applicable to intense and com- plex inhomogeneous mountains. We demonstrate ...
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Present-Day Solifluction Processes in the Semi-Arid Range of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
... The methodology used in this research is described in Oliva et al. (2009), where we also presented the type and characteristics of the solifluction landforms monitored in this experiment. Up to nine wooden stakes in each ...
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Evaposublimation from the snow in the Mediterranean mountains of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
... In Sierra Nevada, evaposublimation is present almost continuously to a greater or lesser extent, so its contribution becomes important on an annual ...in Sierra Nevada agrees with other ...
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The deglaciation of Sierra Nevada (Spain), synthesis of the knowledge and new contributions
... in Sierra Nevada, now located in the highest summit belt, while vegetation began to colonize valley sides and slopes above 2500 m, forming the current grasslands (Oliva, ...in Sierra Nevada ...
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Comparative Analysis of Ski Trail Rating in Serra da Estrela (Portugal) and Sierra Nevada (Spain)
... from Sierra Nevada, than we join the blue ski slopes from Serra da Estrela with blue ski slopes from Sierra Nevada, than we join the blue ski slopes from Serra da Estrela with red ski slopes ...
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Spatial characterization of glacial and periglacial landforms in the highlands of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
... Sierra Nevada constitutes the southernmost and highest massif in the Iberian Peninsula, with elevations exceed- ing 3000 ...of Sierra Nevada, integrating in a GIS environ- ment i) high ...
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Assessing Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Thymus zygis Growing in the Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain) through Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches.
... Thymus zygis , additional 454 amplicon sequences were obtained using the same 16S rRNA gene region as for the 2010 sample but instead of using metagenomic DNA from a pooled rhi- zosphere[r] ...
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Analise tecnica da producao de truta arco-iris na fazenda sierra nevada
... O que foi observado em maior incidência foi enfermidades de caráter nutricional, provocadas principalmente pela baixa qualidade da ração utilizadae/ou seu desbalanceamento[r] ...
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Anfibios y reptiles de la sierra de Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, México
... Este estudio se suma a los trabajos realizados en la zona de estudio (Lavariega et al., 2011, 2012, 2016; Martín–Regalado et al., 2012) que tienen por objeto contribuir al cono- cimiento y conservación de la fauna de ...
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Proposals to increase foot traffic at Sonae Sierra shopping centers
... Sonae Sierra shopping centers, in an attempt to address the traffic decrease that shopping centers are experiencing ...Sonae Sierra has a well defined strategy for each of the clusters, and this study is ...
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New species of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in Nevada, USA
... We are grateful to Dr Brian Brown (Natural History Museum, Los Angeles) for the loan of voucher material in his temporary care. RHLD’s studies of Phoridae are currently supported by grants from the Balfour-Browne Trust ...
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Um estudo sociolinguístico sobre o pronome vos em Santa Cruz de la Sierra
... , em diferentes contextos. Através destas análises, observamos que no grupo equivalente à faixa etária mais jovem, entre 25 e 50 anos, predominou o uso do pronome pessoal de segunda pessoa do singular, vos, com 91,6% ...
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