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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"climate zones"”.
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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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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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Assessment of the effect of climate change in anticipated water resources availability in arid climate zones
Climate change impact and drought phenomena linked with anthropogenic pressure have become a growing concern for water resource managers and policy makers, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. This research proposes generic methodologies to evaluate the prospective impact of such changes at …
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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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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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Simplified Floor-Area-Based Energy-Moisture-Economic Model for Residential Buildings
… optimization studies were conducted for 12 climate zones using four different criteria: minimum energy consumption, minimum life cycle cost (35 years) using constant energy costs and minimum life cycle cost (35 years) varying escalation rates (-5%, 10%). Conclusions and recommendations were …
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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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Using inverse regression models to create gray box models for industrial facilities
… facility was simulated in fifteen of the climate zones defined by ASHRAE using a whole building simulation program (i.e., EnergyPlus) to produce hourly data to illustrate and demonstrate the proposed approach. The change-point models showed poor results for finding the physical parameters …
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Design problem optimization with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms
… Experiments were conducted in four distinct climate zones—Cape Town (moderate), Nairobi (hot), Colombo (hothumid), and Oslo (cold)—to ensure broad applicability. Both algorithms consistently outperformed traditional, manually designed sunshades in reducing thermal discomfort and energy usage …
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Understanding the thermal biology of macadamia nut borer, Thaumato(bia batrachopa (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): a pest of macadamia in South Africa
… model of the potenSal responses of this pest to climate change. Thermal biology studies should reveal the thermal breadth of T. batrachopa, which can be applied to current and future climate scenarios to plan and execute integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. Therefore, we aimed to explore …
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The Effects of Vegetation on Ecosystem Services Provisioning by Stormwater Bioretention
… tive to the native species pool. Across all climate zones, there is a notable anti-ruderal bias, which could limit bioretention resilience by reducing its capacity for self-repair. The third chapter explores how these biases influence hydrologic services in different climate zones, using …
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An innovative fault analysis framework to enhance building operations
… and the secondary school) in four different climate zones (i.e., Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and San Francisco) with 24000 EnergyPlus fault simulations. Each fault mode is one fault model, or combination of multiple fault models, depending on the building energy systems. A total of 129 fault …
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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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GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF RADIOCARBON ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS FOR PARTICULATE AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN RIVERINE SYSTEMS
… with elevation, vegetation, land cover, and climate zones to increase understanding of what drives the age of carbon exported in riverine systems.</p>
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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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From Seasonality to Causality: Understanding Urban Water Usage Using Statistical and Machine Learning Models
<p>This study examines the relationship between climate conditions and residential water usage, focusing on how seasonal and environmental changes influence water consumption. Utilizing data from over 100,000 households across three micro-climate zones for over a five-year period, we apply …
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The derivation of fire hazard indices and burning prescriptions from climatic and ecological features of the fynbos biome
… behaviour parameters with acceptable accuracy. Climate data from nine weather stations were used in a preliminary study with the NFDRS to examine the variation in fire danger over the fynbos biome and to establish ranges of danger indices. The NFDRS reflected the expected seasonal trends in fire …
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The derivation of fire hazard indices and burning prescriptions from climatic and ecological features of the fynbos biome
… behaviour parameters with acceptable accuracy. Climate data from nine weather stations were used in a preliminary study with the NFDRS to examine the variation in fire danger over the fynbos biome and to establish ranges of danger indices. The NFDRS reflected the expected seasonal trends in fire …
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Extreme events over the contiguous United States portrayed in a CESM-WRF dynamical downscaling framework
… simulation. In the projected simulation, all climate zones exhibit consistent increases in PR and TMAX extremes, and a decrease in TMIN extremes, both in the frequency and intensity. Northern zones such as Dfa and Dfb exhibit more changes of extremes in the projected simulation compared to …
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