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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Steep terrain"”.
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Distributed surface-subsurface modelling approach for evaluating the impact of rain gardens on steep terrain
… over time, a large number of high and steep slopes have been modified in order to increase the available land cover. This expansion usually includes vegetation removal and construction of multiple engineered impervious surfaces that can result in increased severity of flooding events at …
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Walkability through Challenging terrain: Connectivity between Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and Anacostia Community Museum
… investigation of how to achieve walkability over steep urban topography greater than Americans with Disabilities Act accessible 8.33% standard. I studied how landscape architects and architects have overcome challenging topography in a variety of international cities and how to increase …
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A method of data collection for the evaluation of forest harvesting systems
… An in depth study of a prototype skidder on steep terrain was conducted to test the practicality of the method. The study resulted in some modification of the been received indicating support and suggesting minimal changes. The recommendations of other reviewers will be incorporated in the …
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Developing a Multi-Band GNSS Remote Sensing Station To Measure Precipitable Water Vapor for Flash Flood Nowcasting
… Appalachia is particularly challenging due to steep terrain, narrow valleys, highly localized rainfall patterns, and limited measurement coverage. Traditional remote sensing methods, such as Doppler radar and microwave radiometry, suffer from reduced resolution at long range and signal blockage …
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Habitat Selection and Resource Use by Bighorn Sheep Following Translocation
… in a similar trade-off between vegetation and terrain that is safer for raising young following parturition. In support of our hypothesis, both the source population in Montana and the translocated population in North Dakota selected habitat with access to nutrition pre-parturition and shifted …
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Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction based on remote sensing and cloud-resolving modeling over the Central Himalayas
… moisture supply through monsoonal flow, and steep terrain of the Himalayas modulating the orographic forcing. This dissertation aims to study the impact of atmospheric aerosols, from natural and anthropogenic sources, in modulating the monsoonal precipitation, cloud processes, and freezing …
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Delineation of Landslide Hazard and Development of Mitigation Tools in a Vulnerable City
… susceptibility to high-intensity storms, and steep terrain underlain by young, soft sedimentary rocks and soils. In the city of Gisborne, the expansion of residential blocks into steeper terrain in peri-urban areas has required improved capacity for the characterization and monitoring of slope …
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Understanding South African herbicide workers’ residual take-home exposure risks from personal protective equipment cleaning and storing practices
… are transient and tend to be on mountainous or steep terrain. The work environment poses challenges for at-work access to amenities or facilities to clean and store contaminated PPE. Workers have few alternatives but to take contaminated items home. WfW safety protocols do not currently address …
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Water flow paths in soils of an undisturbed and landslide affected mature montane rainforest in South Ecuador
… these soils were mainly encountered in steeper, particularly landslide affected sites often resembling a melange of fine soil and high contents of rock fragments. Aside the investigation of the influence of the rock fragment content on soil hydrological- and physical parameters such as …
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Estimating Sediment Losses Generated from Highway Cut and Fill Slopes in the Lake Tahoe Basin
… generate large amounts of sediment due to their steep, highly-disturbed nature. Therefore, understanding the erosion mechanisms (rainfall-runoff and dry ravel), the magnitude of erosion rates and the particle-size distribution (PSD) of the eroded material from these highly disturbed slopes, as …
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Coastal Storm Activity along the Eastern North Island of New Zealand - East Cape to Wellington
… Furthermore, the more exposed nature and steep terrain surrounding Wellington means a greater likelihood of higher intensity coastal storms compared to the Gisborne region. Strong cyclonic systems in the southwest Pacific cluster in the central Tasman Sea and east of the Chatham Islands in …
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Characterization and modeling of aerosol-cloud interactions toward the improvement of rainfall estimation in high mountains
… ground-clutter contamination of radar signals by steep terrain. The latter creates a blind zone extending up a few kilometers above the ground for the vertical profiling radars onboard the Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) core satellite that serves as a reference standard to unify …