In natural settings, a wide variety of events frequently occur in our vicinity. Previous research has revealed individuals can accurately identify when relying solely on what is heard. Although previous suggests sound intensity dominant factor affecting event perception, identification likely dependent additional acoustic variables. The present study examined the ability to and discriminate bet...

in the last decade, the water level of urmia lake has experienced a dramatically drop. although the causes of this lose have been investigated, the significance of groundwater supplies had not been concerned so much. in the present research, groundwater resources around the lake were explored as its water supplier. the number of wells and groundwater withdrawal has been increased because of cul...

there is a general consensus that climate change has impact on the intensity and frequency of rainfall events. however, very little research is available about the changes in short term rainfall extremes. the focus of this paper has been on the change in annual and monthly rainfall extremes in ontario. the results indicate a greater variability (increase and decrease) among stations for shorter...