introduction daily weather information is currently available for about 40000 stations across the world. but, distribution of these stations is relatively uneven in some parts of the world. moreover, there are often large amounts of missing values (schuol andabbaspour, 2007: 301). using generated data can help fill missing or even to correct erroneously measured data (fodor et al., 2010: 91). l...

background: the role of temperature changes, as an environmental risk factor, in the human health status has been investigated in recent studies. accordingly, the present two-year study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of myocardial infarction (mi) in warm and cold seasons in ali-ibn abi talib hospital, rafsanjan, iran. materials and methods: in this descriptive and cross-sectional study...

Weather and climate affect many ecological processes, making spatially continuous yet fine-resolution weather data desirable for ecological research and predictions. Numerous downscaled weather data sets exist, but little attempt has been made to evaluate them systematically. Here we address this shortcoming by focusing on four major questions: (1) How accurate are downscaled, gridded climate d...

Recently, there has been an increased interest in quantifying and modeling the impact of inclement weather on transportation system performance. One problem that the majority of previous research studies on the topic have faced is that they largely depended on weather data merely from atmospheric weather stations, which lacked information about road surface condition. The emergence of social me...

The daily weather series simulated with observed weather data and weather data generated with conventional WGEN model taking dry and wet day as stochastic parameter and DWS model were statistically compared and analyzed. These three weather data were respectively used to drive maize growth simulation model. The corresponding yield results were compared. The results showed there was no significa...