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Showing 1 to 20 of 264 for “"Extreme weather"”.
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Statistical models for extreme weather events
Western Europe is typically prone to extreme weather events during the winter months, which typically take the form of windstorms or flooding. The storm Desmond brought strong winds and heavy rain to Ireland, northern England and Scotland in December 2015, resulting in an estimated $500 million …
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Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation
… was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are either manipulated …
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Resilience of power distribution systems under extreme weather conditions
… distribution systems under the impact of adverse weather, with an emphasis on hurricanes, is studied. This research investigates the effects of failures of utility wood poles on the reliability and resilience of electric distribution systems. The probability model of wood pole failures is used to …
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Infrastructure Performance and Risk Assessment under Extreme Weather and Climate Change Conditions
… explores the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on critical infrastructures as defined by US Department of Homeland Security. The focus is on two important critical infrastructure systems – Water and Transportation. Critical infrastructures are always under the risk of …
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Soil organic matter dynamics in a temperate forest influenced by extreme weather events
… matter (SOM). We investigated the influence of extreme weather events (frost/drought) on the quality and quantity of SOM in a Haplic Podzol under a 140 years old Norway spruce forest in the Fichtelgebirge mountains (Bavaria, German) within two laboratory and two field studies. In one laboratory …
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Beyond productivity- Effects of extreme weather events on ecosystem processes and biotic interactions
Under global climate change, extreme weather events, such as heat waves, drought or heavy rain spells, are projected to increase in magnitude and frequency. As these may affect vegetation and ecosystems more than gradual shifts in mean climatic parameters, investigating the consequences of extreme …
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Extreme weather disaster resilient port and waterway infrastructure for sustainable global supply chain
… communities each year. Additionally, these weather related disasters threaten millions of people, damage infrastructure, and cost billions of dollars in global supply chain disruptions. Sustainable global supply chains, port infrastructure, and coastal community impact by these extreme …
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The influence of the Agulhas Current on two South African extreme weather events
Surface station, satellite and NCEP re-analysis data are used to examine the evolution of two severe storms that occurred over the eastern coastal regions during South Africa's summer season 1998/99. The storms in November and December were both accompanied by heavy rainfall in two widely separated …
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Risk Assessment and Optimal Response Strategies for Resilience of Electric Power Infrastructure to Extreme Weather
Extreme weather is an increasingly critical threat to infrastructure systems. This thesis develops a stochastic modeling and decision-making framework for proactive resource allocation and response strategies to improve the resilience of electric power infrastructure in the wake of severe weather …
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Extreme weather events in the upper Midwest: Implications on flood risk, crop yield, and water quality
… presents a comprehensive analysis of extreme weather events in the Upper Midwest, focusing on their impacts on flood risk, crop yield, and water quality. Through a series of interconnected studies, the research provides critical insights into the complex effects of extreme …
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The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Mental Health in Africa: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review
Introduction: The psychosocial impacts of extreme weather events are contributing to the burden of mental illness, exacerbated by pre-existing vulnerabilities. Despite an emerging global interest in this association, Africa remains poorly represented in the literature. Methods: A mixed-methods …
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Resilient decarbonization for the United States : lessons for electric systems from a decade of extreme weather
… an unprecedented surge of climate change-driven extreme weather events that have wrought over $800 billion in damage and taken more than 5,200 lives across the United States -- a trend that appears poised to intensify. At the same time, the need for a large-scale effort to decarbonize the U.S. …
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Geospatial Analysis of the Global Supply Chain and Transportation Infrastructure Considering Extreme Weather, Climate, and Sustainable Energy Policies
… harden the supply chain to natural disasters and extreme weather events such as tsunamis, hurricanes, and sea level rise. Earth’s rising temperature plays the most significant role in sea level rise. The next step in this research deals with modeling the Earth’s temperatures through autoregressive …
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INTER-COMPARISON AND VALIDATION OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL REANALYSES PRODUCTS FOR THE STUDY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS OVER ITALY
The increasingly severe impacts of extreme weather events, driven by climate change, are pushing an urgent need for reliable tools to understand, monitor, and predict the evolution of atmospheric phenomena. Meteorological reanalyses, blending observations with dynamical models, respond to this need …
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Investigating the Impact of Climate and Extreme Weather on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Irish Soils: An Evaluation of the ECOSSE Model
… the susceptibility of Irish soils to unusual or extreme weather events, statistical sampling of past weather events was employed to generate inputs for GlobalECOSSE. The response of Irish soils to extreme weather events shows warmer temperatures enhance respiration, while drought conditions …
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Understanding the Impacts of Extreme Weather on the Power Transmission Infrastructure: A Machine Learning Approach to Quantifying Risks and Enhancing Grid Resilience
… environments, particularly in the face of extreme weather events such as hurricanes. The research is anchored on the case of the passage of Hurricane Maria in the Island of Puerto Rico in September of 2017 which caused the largest damage on the power infrastructure in US history. As such, …
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Investigating strategies for addressing child and adolescent mental health following exposure to extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
The inevitability of an increase in extreme weather events (EWE) due to climate change will likely influence every determinant of human health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents, defined as anyone under the age of 19, are among the most susceptible because of their unique vulnerabilities (i.e. …
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Prevalences of mental health disorders among low- and lower middle-income countries' children and adolescents exposed to extreme weather events: a systematic review and meta-analysis
… health burdens are following climate-induced extreme weather events (EWEs). This systematic review serves to uncover these mental health burdens in response to the EWEs projected to intensify in the near future. Methods: The Context Condition Population (CoCoPop) framework for prevalence …
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