The use of remotely sensed environmental parameters for spatial and temporal schistosomiasis prediction across climate zones in Ghana [PDF]
Schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa is enacted primarily through preventive chemotherapy. Predictive models can play an important role in filling knowledge gaps in the distribution of the disease and help guide the allocation of limited ...
Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo +9 more
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Observed Changes of Köppen Climate Zones in Spain since 1951
Despite of having been originally formulated more than one hundred years ago, the Köppen classification is still nowadays the climate classification most widely used in climatological studies.
Andrés Chazarra Bernabé +3 more
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Climate Classification for the Use of Solar Thermal Systems in East Asia
To examine the effects of solar heat utilization, it is necessary to classify the solar-use climate in East Asia based on climatic factors that affect load reduction by solar heating systems.
Youngjin Choi, Hyun Bae Kim
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Modelling the costs of non-conventional oil: A case study of Canadian bitumen [PDF]
Keywords JEL Classification High crude oil prices, uncertainties about the consequences of climate change and the eventual decline of conventional oil production raise the issue of alternative fuels, such as non-conventional oil and biofuels.
Hope, Chris, Méjean, A.
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Climate Mapping of Guilan Province by Using Multi Variable Methods [PDF]
Climate classification and identifying the most effective factors and elements of each area is one way of understanding identity of the climate zones.
Gholam abbas Fallah Ghalhari +2 more
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City networks in cyberspace and time : using Google hyperlinks to measure global economic and environmental crises [PDF]
Geographers and social scientists have long been interested in ranking and classifying the cities of the world. The cutting edge of this research is characterized by a recognition of the crucial importance of information and, specifically, ICTs to cities’
Boulton, Andrew +4 more
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Evaluation of New CORDEX Simulations Using an Updated Köppen–Trewartha Climate Classification
A new ensemble of climate and climate change simulations covering all major inhabited regions with a spatial resolution of about 25 km, from the WCRP CORDEX COmmon Regional Experiment (CORE) Framework, has been established in support of the growing ...
Armelle Reca Remedio +9 more
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Increased concerns over global warming and air pollution has pushed governments to consider renewable energy as an alternative to meet the required energy demands of countries.
Kumar Shivam +2 more
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Data-Driven versus Köppen–Geiger Systems of Climate Classification
Climate zone classification promotes our understanding of the climate and provides a framework for analyzing a range of environmental and socioeconomic data and phenomena.
Vajira Lasantha +2 more
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Controls on hydrologic drought duration in near-natural streamflow in Europe and the USA [PDF]
Climate classification systems, such as Köppen–Geiger and the aridity index, are used in large-scale drought studies to stratify regions with similar hydro-climatic drought properties.
E. Tijdeman, S. Bachmair, K. Stahl
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