BACKGROUND physical activity (PA) is an important factor to promote healthy ageing. However, older adults are not physically active enough. Socio-ecological models suggest that weather conditions are determinants of PA and may bias relations between other environmental factors and PA. This may especially be the case for the most vulnerable and inactive older persons. Understanding the role of w...

Weather-pattern, or weather-type, classifications are a valuable tool in many applications as they characterize the broad-scale atmospheric circulation over a given region. This study analyses the aspects of regional UK precipitation and meteorological drought climatology with respect to a new set of objectively defined weather patterns. These new patterns are currently being used by the Met Of...

InSAR signal delays due to the varying atmospheric refractivity are a potential data source to improve weather models [1]. Especially with the launch of the new Sentinel-1 satellites, which increases data coverage, latency and accessibility, it may become possible to operationalize the assimilation of differential integrated refractivity (DIR) values in numerical weather models. Although studie...

In this paper the contribution of real time weather data to player enjoyment was tested and evaluated. To gauge the contribution of weather to player engagement an adaptronic, multiplayer, location based game, where real time weather data is key to the gameplay, was created. In this game the player assumes the role of a wizard and confronts other players in duels where the current weather plays...

The continuing growth of air traffic worldwide motivates the need for new approaches to air traffic management that are more flexible both in terms of traffic volume and weather. Free Flight is one such approach seriously considered by the aviation community. However the benefits of Free Flight are severely curtailed in the convective weather season when weather is highly active, leading aircra...

â â â  this paper attempts to investigate the relationship between 500hpa circulation patterns and weather types (coldest, warmest and raining) over 16 synoptic stations of mountainous region of iran. the mountainous region of iran covers about 670000 square kilometer (41 percent) of iran. in this paper have been investigated the relationship between circulation patterns in 500hpa level with we...

مگس میوه زیتون، (Rossi) Bactrocera oleae حشره‌ای مونوفاژ بوده و مهمترین آفت زیتون در سرتاسر جهان بویژه کشورهای مدیترانه می‌باشد. این پژوهش به منظور مطالعه تغییرات جمعیت مراحل مختلف زندگی برخی ویژگی‌های زیست‌شناسی دو سال منطقه طارم سفلی استان قزوین انجام شد. نتایج بررسی نشان داد که حشره سفلی، سه تا پنج نسل دارد. زمستان را صورت حشرات کامل پناهگاه‌های ندرت شفیره زیر بقایای گیاهی خاک‌های نرم باغ‌ها...

this research used a survey method to investigate wheat growers’ beliefs and perceptions regarding the use of weather information in farming decisions in fars province. a multi-stratified random sample with six strata was used to collect data. the sample consisted of 314 wheat growers divided into six strata based on their climatic zones. the data collection instrument was a questionnaire the v...