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Desert climate

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Analysis of flow regime changes due to operation of large reservoirs on the Zambezi River

Anton Schleiss, José Pedro Gamito de Saldanha Calado Matos, Théodora Cohen Liechti

The Zambezi Basin, a semi-arid 1.4 Mio km2 catchment area spreading across eight countries, constitutes a highly complex system. With several large dams, namely Kariba, Cahora Bassa, Kafue Gorge and Itezhi-Tezhi, the basin’s hydrology is also influenced by ...

Taylor & Francis Group2010

Constructing the desert. Hotel and coach station (Ouarzazate, Maroc)

Pietro Berta, Adèle Moret

Desertification process keeps on expanding, particularly on the African continent, arid areas cover one third of the surface. At the same time, the world human population increases exponentially. For these reasons, it is important to keep on exploiting the ...

2009

Microclimatic and environmental actions of road structures

André-Gilles Dumont, David Conciatori

Various areas of a highway structure are studied regarding their level of exposure to the surrounding microclimate. Climate conditions from meteorological stations and vehicle kinetics are used to determine zones that are exposed to salt products and clima ...

National Research Council Canada2009

ON CORRELATING BIRD MIGRATION TRAJECTORY WITH CLIMATE CHANGES

José Antonio Fernandes de Macedo, Janaina Oleinik Moura Rosa

Climate changes are expected to affect bird migration in several aspects including timing changes, breeding and migration orientation. The correlation analysis of several climate conditions (e.g. temperature, wind, humidity, etc) and bird migration traject ...

2009

Actions microclimatique et environnementale des ouvrages d'art routier [Microclimatic and environmental actions of road structures]

Eugen Brühwiler, André-Gilles Dumont, David Conciatori

Les différentes zones d’un ouvrage d’art routier sont étudiées en fonction de leur degré d’exposition au microclimat environnant. Les conditions climatiques provenant de stations météorologiques et la cinétique des véhicules permettent de définir des zones ...

2009

Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra. A review

Jordi Batlle-Aguilar, Hauke Smidt, Thomas Vogel

AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework programme by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from 13 EU countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania and Monte ...

2009

Freezing of water droplets colliding with kaolinite particles

Contact freezing of single supercooled water droplets colliding with kaolinite dust particles has been investigated. The experiments were performed with droplets levitated in an electrodynamic balance at temperatures from 240 to 268 K. Under relatively dry ...

2009

Leaf area index for northern and eastern North America ad the Last Glacial Maximum: A data-model comparison

Jed Oliver Kaplan

Aim To estimate the effects of full-glacial atmospheric CO2 concentrations and climate upon leaf area index (LAI), using both global vegetation models and palaeoecological data. Prior simulations indicate lowered LAIs at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), but ...

2008

SensorScope: Out-of-the-Box Environmental Monitoring

Martin Vetterli, Marc Parlange, Guillermo Barrenetxea Kobas, François Ingelrest, Olivier Couach

An important field of application for wireless sensor networks is environmental monitoring. Given the importance of potential climate changes, environmental impact on cities, and pollution, it is an application domain where sensor networks can have great i ...

2008

Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die Schweizer Volkswirtschaft (nationale Einflüsse)

Frank Vöhringer

Report for Swiss environment and energy offices on the consequences of climate changes on the Swiss economy. ...

2007

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