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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Climate zone"”.
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CHANGES OF CLIMATE ZONES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY
Climate change is driving biodiversity redistribution on Earth, undermining the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in conserving global biodiversity. Managing the consequences of biodiversity redistribution and promoting effective conservation necessitates a better understanding of climate …
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Regionally dissected temperature and rainfall models for the South Island of New Zealand
… regions, broadly based on NIWA’s South Island climate zones (West Coast, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury and Southland). The Canterbury climate zone was split into Coastal, Foothills and Mountain regions for both North and South Canterbury. The Southland climate zone was divided into a Northern …
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Impact of Ice Storage on Electrical Energy Consumption in Large and Medium-sized Office Buildings in Different Climate Zones
… and medium-sized office buildings in diverse climate zones. The research also quantifies the peak energy savings as a result of ice storage systems. To accomplish the thesis objectives the Demand Response Quick Assessment Tool (DRQAT) has been used to model and simulate large and medium-sized …
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Flexible Pavement Rut Depth Modeling For Different Climate Zones
… pavement rutting empirical models for different climate zones to predict pavement rutting on granular base based on LTPP data. Flexible pavements with granular base course were considered for this study. These models lead to better understanding of rutting phenomena and the factors that may have …
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The effect of carbonation after demolition on the life cycle assessment of pavements
… impact considering variations in the climate zone, traffic level, maintenance schedule, design life and analysis period.
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Developing proxy radar data with the aid of cloud-to-ground lightning for a nowcasting system
… of the lightning and radar data was done in "climate zones" throughout the CONUS, due to the potential for different lightning behavior in different areas of the country. After a quantile analysis revealed differences in the data between zones, lightning-VIL. and lightning-ET relationships …
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Establishment of the South African baseline surface radiation network station at De Aar
… Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiation, an explanation on climate zone classification, as well as a useful technical guide on setting up a pyrgeometer. Apart from the academic content this document also intends to serve as a guideline for station operation and future development of whatever form, for both …
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Biogeochemistry and inorganic geochemistry as indicators of the paleoenvironment and paleohydrology of the Al-Azraq Basin, Jordan
… data, the core is divided into three main zones: Zone 1 with six subzones; Zone 2 with four subzones; and Zone 3 with two subzones. Carbonate diagenesis by water enriched with sulfate occurs in Zone 1 and Zone 3, and affects the values of carbon isotopic compositions in some samples. Also, …
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Balancing the Water Budget: the effect of plant functional type on infiltration to harvest ratios in stormwater bioretention cells
… were determined to be available in eight major climate zones of the coterminous US, suggesting that regulating plant water use in BRCs using CSR is likely feasible. Hydraulic simulations (Hydrus 1D) were conducted for each scenario in all eight climate zones and revealed significant differences …
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A Simulation of the Impacts of Climate Change on Civil Aircraft Takeoff Performance
<p>Climate change affects the near-surface environmental conditions that prevail at airports worldwide. Among these, air density and headwind speed are major determinants of takeoff performance, and their sensitivity to global warming carries potential operational and economic implications for the …
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El sector residencial riojano y la rehabilitación energética del sector residencial rural riojano
… and taking into account the different combined climate zones. Subsequently, the reference single-family houses and multi-family buildings, both urban and rural, are defined by combined climate zone. Finally, proposals are made for energy renovations to be implemented between 2024 and 2035 for …
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Dynamic Botanical Filtration System for Indoor Air Purification
… 0.7% in pump energy consumption per year at the climate of Syracuse, NY (Zone 5). A higher percentage of energy savings was found to be achievable for climate zones with a higher annual heating load (e.g., climate zone 6 and 7).</p>
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A critical analysis of the passive house standard for the climates of the United States
… Feist (Feist 2012) is not achievable in all US climate zones. To make possible the widespread adoption of this low energy standard, the standard itself needs to be adjusted and redefined. This thesis will answer the question of how the Passive House Standard's certification criteria could be …
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Essays on Urban Climate Model Evaluation and Application
… thermal modification of the near surface climate was proposed within the field to bring greater rigor, clarity and transferability to observations made within urban areas. The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) approach has since been applied in multiple cities globally, which has demonstrated its …
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The effectiveness of Urban Green Infrastructure for urban heat regulation.
… with urban heat islands, heatwaves and climate change impacts. It diminishes the quality of urban life and makes cities intrinsically more vulnerable than rural areas. Extreme heat has claimed more human lives than other weather events. Thus, it requires urgent mitigation and adaptation …
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The effectiveness of Urban Green Infrastructure for urban heat regulation.
… with urban heat islands, heatwaves and climate change impacts. It diminishes the quality of urban life and makes cities intrinsically more vulnerable than rural areas. Extreme heat has claimed more human lives than other weather events. Thus, it requires urgent mitigation and adaptation …
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Field Emissions of Methane and Nitrous Oxide from California Landfills
… sites were evaluated based on waste in place, climate zone, faults and oil and gas operations, population density, cover conditions and percentage of cover types, age of waste, waste profile, landfill style and configuration, and disposal of waste tires. Fifteen representative sites were chosen …
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The Compilation of a British Lowland Heathland and Agricultural Grassland Phytolith Reference Database and its application at the archaeological site of Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour, Dorset
… to low transpiration rates within a temperate climate zone. This means that post depositional taphonomic conditions account for the lack of multicelled forms preserved in the archaeological samples. Due to the lack in multicells the analysis used the available single phytoliths and concentrated …
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New Opportunities in Crowd-Sourced Monitoring and Non-government Data Mining for Developing Urban Air Quality Models in the US
… LUR developed as part of the Center for Air, Climate, and Energy Solutions) may fail to capture locations with high PM2.5 concentrations and the within-city spatial variability. Developing LUR models using the PurpleAir sensors was reasonable (PurpleAir sensors only: 10-fold CV R2 = 0.66, MAE …
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GENOMIC TOOLS TO IMPROVE PEACH (P. PERSICA L. BATSCH) RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHALLENGES
… peach growing area located into the continental climate zone of Europe, for their sensitivity in describing the effect of temperature variations on tree phenology and for their predictive performance. In Chapter 2 the same phenotyping approach was adopted to study the segregation of reproductive …
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