The influence of environmental variables on the planktonic growth, pelagic larval duration and settlement magnitude was examined for the coral reef surgeonfish Acanthurus chirurgus. Newly settled fish were collected daily from patch reefs in the San Blas Archipelago, Caribbean Panama for 3.5 years. Environmental influences on growth were examined at three different life history stages: from 0 t...

The Moravian floods in July 1997 have killed 49 people, affected 536 settlements, 29 000 houses and cost over 2.5 billion USD. A question arises whether the hydrological event (or the preceding meteorological one) can be predicted. In order to foresee the magnitude of catastrophic events we extrapolate historical data which has an impact on the construction in the vicinity of the rivers, insura...

This paper presents the results of an investigation into the utility of remote sensing (RS) using meteorological satellites sensors and spatial interpolation (SI) of data from meteorological stations, for the prediction of spatial variation in monthly climate across continental Africa in 1990. Information from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) of the National Oceanic and Atmo...

[1] This paper examines the effect of hyetograph shape on the potential for landsliding in soil-mantled landscapes. An existing pore pressure response model (Iverson, 2000) is used to study the effects of unsteady rainfall infiltration in hillslopes, and the effect of slope and convergent topography is expressed using a steady state model of slope-parallel subsurface flow. Slope stability is as...

This study examines the spatial and temporal variability of monthly total rainfall data obtained from weather stations located in the urban areas of Kuwait. The rainfall data are analyzed by considering statistics on a seasonal basis and by means of periodogram technique to reveal the periods responsible for the variable pattern. The results demonstrate similarity implying that a point estimate...

Rainfall is one of the most important climatic variables that determine spatial and temporal patterns climate variability a region, which provides useful information for planning agricultural production. For purpose crop planning, rainfall data two districts Tripura viz., Unakoti West aperiod 20 years (2001-2020) were collected used to analyze probability weekly rainfall. The incomplete Gamma d...

The study proposes a new approach that combined statistical downscaling, bias correction, and disaggregation of rainfall techniques in order to derive the IDF curve from large scale atmospheric reanalysis data. applied methodology details NCEP/NCAR dataset being downscaled by an ANN-based estimate daily Izmir. annual maximum series area were sampled series. rainfalls then bias-corrected quantil...