A new method to determine monsoon onset and retreat timings using wavelet transform methodology applied precipitation time-series at the pentad scale is described. The principal advantage of this its portability, since it can be easily adapted for any region dataset. application illustrated North American Monsoon Indian four different datasets climate model output. shown robust across all both ...

Forest fires lead to permafrost degradation and localized drought, regional droughts increase the probability of forest fires, leading a positive feedback loop between climate change fires. However, relationship fire occurrence climatic factors is unclear for boreal forests, which represent largest land-based biome stock carbon. Here, we analyzed lightning meteorological topographic based on fr...

We examine the characteristics of individuals who become entrepreneurs when local opportunities arise. identify demand shocks by linking fluctuations in global commodity prices to municipality-level agricultural endowments Brazil. find that firm creation response is mostly driven young and skilled individuals. The these responsive are significantly different from those average economy. By struc...

More severe summer droughts are predicted for mid-latitudes in Europe. To evaluate the impact on forest ecosystems and more specifically on forest regeneration, we studied the response to summer drought in oak seedlings (Quercus petraea). Acorns were collected from different mother trees in three stands in Belgium, sown in pots and grown in non-heated greenhouse conditions. We imposed drought o...

the present article is aimed at study on agroclimatic conditions of cultivation of sunflower throughout selected substations at kurdistan  province by means of gis system. in this investigation, meteorological data have been received from synoptic stations based on daily, monthly, and annually trend from iran meteorological organization (imo) at kurdistan  province and then homogeneity of data ...