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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"0401 Atmospheric Sciences"”.
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Catchment Scale Downscaling of Hydroclimatic Variables from General Circulation Model Outputs
Climate change influences events such as droughts, floods, extreme temperatures and sea level changes and hence affects the global food production, energy generation, and water resources adversely. Rising greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere are considered the dominant cause of …
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Statistical analysis to detect climate change and its implications on water resources
Climate change has affected diverse physical and biological systems worldwide. The impact of climate change on water resources is one of the most important. Even though the world’s water resources are rapidly deteriorating due to the combined effects of climate change, population growth and fast …
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Drought assessment and forecasting using a nonlinear aggregated drought index
This study developed an objective drought assessment tool through a Drought Index (DI), and then developed a drought forecasting tool using the developed DI to forecast future drought conditions. These tools can be used to assist water managers to assess droughts effectively and forecast future …
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Lidar and infrared radiometer studies of stratocumulus clouds
This thesis comprises a study of marine stratocumulus clouds measured by ground-based Lidar and Infrared RADiometry (or LIRAD). The clouds were measured in northwestern Tasmania in the winter of 1993 and summer of 1995 during the Southern Ocean Cloud Experiment (SOCEX). The study done for this …
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Light scattering by smoke and nuisance aerosols
This study was aimed at discriminating between three classes of aerosols, namely those generated by flaming and non-flaming (smouldering and forced pyrolysis) fires as well as nuisance aerosols. This was undertaken using a scattering cross section based on the mass concentration of aerosols as …
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The investigation of fire hazards in buildings using stochastic modelling
This research investigates the spread of fire and smoke in buildings as well as occupant egress. There are existing deterministic models for these. While deterministic models provide averages of a process, stochastic models give the broad spectrum of all possible scenarios of the process giving the …
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Air pollution in Christchurch: the current state of affairs
“It may be that Christchurch is the first city in the world to suffer a "Los Angeles" type smog in summer and also a "London" type smog in winter." International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations, 1977. This article is an attempt to fill a gap in the literature relating to air …