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Weather modification

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From the clouds to the ground - Effects of flow-precipitation interactions on snow distribution in complex alpine terrain

Knowledge about the spatial distribution of seasonal snow is essential e.g. to efficiently manage fresh water resources or for hydro-power companies. The large-scale gradient of snow accumulation over mountain ranges is mainly determined by lifting condens ...

EPFL2018

Objective Characterization of Rain Microphysics: Validating a Scheme Suitable for Weather and Climate Models

Alexis Berne, Timothy Hugh Raupach

Improving the atmospheric component of hydrological models is beneficial for applications such as water resources assessment and hydropower operations. Within this goal, precise characterization of rain microphysics is key for climate and weather modeling, ...

2018

Impact of drought on the functioning of grassland systems

Alexandre Buttler, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Amarante Vitra

A rainfall manipulation experiment was conducted over a two-year period on two semi-natural grassland sites, in order to determine the effects of drought on both forage production (dry matter and nutritive value) and plant-soil relationships. Water stress ...

AGRARFORSCHUNG2018

Sensitivity of simulated summer monsoonal precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya, to cloud microphysics schemes in WRF

Margaux Caroline Patricia Couttet

A better understanding of regional-scale precipitation patterns in the Himalayan region is required to increase our knowledge of the impacts of climate change on downstream water availability. This study examines the impact of four cloud microphysical sche ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Development of an effective cell seeding technique: simulation, implementation and analysis of contributing factors

Dominique Pioletti, Naser Nasrollahzadeh Mamaghani

Cell seeding in a biomaterial is an important process for tissue engineering applications. It helps to modulate tissue formation or to control initial conditions for mechanobiological studies. The compression release-induced suction (CRIS) seeding techniqu ...

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc2017

Hail resistance of composite-based glass-free lightweight modules for building integrated photovoltaics applications

Ana Cristina Oliveira Martins

In this work, we manufacture lightweight (5 kg/m2) photovoltaic (PV) mini-modules for building integration replacing conventional glass sheets by a composite sandwich backsheet and a polymeric frontsheet. Our test devices are subjected to hail tests accor ...

2017

Examining Building Design Decisions Under Long Term Weather Variability and Microclimatic Effects: A case-based exploratory study

Marilyne Andersen, Luisa Pastore, Parag Rastogi, Margaux Marie Valérie Peltier, Minu Agarwal

Thermal building simulation currently uses Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data to guide the design decision-making process or for compliance with energy standards. TMY data usually excludes extremes and in many cases are gathered from microclimatic cont ...

2016

Selective Functionalization of Graphene Peripheries by using Bipolar Electrochemistry

Klaus Kern, Kannan Balasubramanian

We present a contactless strategy based on bipolar electrochemistry for the local chemical modification of monolayer graphene sheets supported on a substrate. Specifically, peripheral graphene regions are directly modified by copper nanoparticles, the char ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Incorporating an advanced aerosol activation parameterization into WRF-CAM5: Model evaluation and parameterization intercomparison

Yi Zhang, Athanasios Nenes, Xiuwei Zhang

Aerosol activation into cloud droplets is an important process that governs aerosol indirect effects. The advanced treatment of aerosol activation by Fountoukis and Nenes (2005) and its recent updates, collectively called the FN series, have been incorpora ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Direct fabrication of thin layer MoS2 field-effect nanoscale transistors by oxidation scanning probe lithography

Andras Kis, Dumitru Dumcenco, Kolyo Marinov

Thin layer MoS2-based field effect transistors (FET) are emerging candidates to fabricate very fast and sensitive devices. Here, we demonstrate a method to fabricate very narrow transistor channel widths on a single layer MoS2 flake connected to gold elect ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

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