Regional climate models (RCMs) are considered to be more useful than general circulation models for assessing impacts of climate change scenarios in agriculture. In this communication, the climatic outputs of an RCM–PRECIS (providing regional climates for impact studies) model were analysed by comparing its baseline simulation daily weather data on temperature and precipitation patterns with th...

ARGOSS provides daily high-resolution weather and air quality forecasts for the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. Zeeland covers an area of approximately 50x50 km with several water bodies, bordering the North Sea. To properly represent the land-water boundaries and to simulate the associated weather effects, a spatial resolution of 1 km is required. The abstract presents the operational AR...

This paper examines the role of adverse climatic conditions on political protest and institutional development. In particular, it assesses the role of adverse climate on the eve of the French Revolution on peasant uprisings in 1789. Historians have argued that crop failure in 1788 and cold weather in the winter of 1788/89 led to peasant revolts in various parts of France. To test this hypothesi...

To date very low scores are associated to quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) of warm season precipitation, a fact mostly due to the little knowledge of the mechanisms driving these phenomena. The study aims to produce a five-year climatology (1999–2003) of warm season precipitation systems (MJJA) over Europe using Meteosat IR brightness temperatures as a contribution to a global study l...

The effect of weather on social interactions has been explored through the analysis of a large mobile phone use dataset. Time spent on phone calls, numbers of connected social ties, and tie strength were used as proxies for social interactions; while weather conditions were characterized in terms of temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, and wind speed. Our results are based on the analy...

Tasmania is an island of area 63 300 square kilometres, with a central plateau containing peaks to about 1500 metres above sea level (Fig. 1). Oceans that are meteorologically data-sparse border it to the west and south, and these are the directions from which all cold fronts come. To the west the closest meteorological station is at Kerguelen Island, 5700 kilometres away, and to the south the ...

The effect of weather on social interaction has been explored through the analysis of a large mobile phone use dataset. Time spent on phone calls, numbers of connected social ties, and tie strength were used as proxies for social interaction; while weather conditions were characterized in terms of temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, and wind speed. Our results are based on the analysi...

The link between various pathologies and atmospheric conditions has been a constant topic of study over recent decades in many places across the world; knowing more about it enables us to pre-empt the worsening of certain diseases, thereby optimizing medical resources. This study looked specifically at the connections in winter between respiratory diseases and types of atmospheric weather condi...

Sun, Zhe. M.S.E., Purdue University, May 2014. Attached-Growth System for Nitrification at Low Temperature. Major Professor: Ernest R. Blatchley III. Lagoon systems are commonly used in small communities for domestic wastewater treatment. These systems are simple and economical to operate, and are often appropriate for use in areas where land costs are low. Lagoons are effective in removing con...

Course Managers and greenkeepers are well aware of the deleterious aspects of excess thatch: Increased disease and insect problems, localised dry spots, chlorosis of the turf, proneness to scalping, foot printing, decreased heat, cold and drought hardiness, restricted rooting, nitrogen immobilization, reduced effectiveness of pesticides, a soft, spongy surface in wet weather, and the potential ...