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A 20-Year Survey of Short-Duration Extreme Rainfall Events from Summertime Convection Over the Central and Eastern United States: Climatology, Trends, and Meteorological Patterns

, 2023
Short-duration extreme rainfall events (EREs) caused by convection are often associated with flash flooding, which can have devastating impacts on society.
Chiappa, Jason
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Seasonal prediction of lake inflows and rainfall in a hydro-electricity catchment, Waitaki river, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2010
The Waitaki River is located in the centre of the South Island of New Zealand, and hydro-electricity generated on the river accounts for 35-40% of New Zealand's electricity. Low inflows in 1992 and 2001 resulted in the threat of power blackouts. Improved
Bardsley, W. Earl, Purdie, Jennifer Margaret   +1 more
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An intensity gradient of extreme rainfall governs nitrogen and phosphorus losses from contour ridge systems in the rocky mountain region of Northern China

Agricultural Water Management
Extreme water erosion-induced nutrient loss poses a widespread environmental threat, contributing to land degradation and waterbody eutrophication. The increasing changes in extreme rainfall aggravate the complexity and uncertainties for nutrient loss ...
Juan An, Ruofei Liu, Huiling Yang, Lei Liu, Hongli Song, Lizhi Wang, Bin Wang   +6 more
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Moisture‐Adaptive Triboelectric Materials and Platforms: Design Strategies, Performance Enhancement, and Applications in Energy Harvesting and Wearable Electronics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes moisture‐adaptive strategies that enable triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) to operate across diverse moisture conditions. It examines moisture‐management methods, including exclusion, directional transport, removal, and utilization, with charge‐regulation approaches based on interfacial, dielectric, and structural engineering.
Junzhe Gan, Zhao Sha, Xuehua Zhang, Hoang‐Phuong Phan, Jin Zhang   +4 more
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The critical decade: extreme weather [PDF]

, 2013
When extreme weather events occur the Climate Commission is consistently asked questions about the link to climate change. This report unpacks our current knowledge about different types of extreme weather events: extreme temperatures, rainfall ...

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Errors and uncertainties in microwave link rainfall estimation explored using drop size measurements and high-resolution radar data [PDF]

, 2010
Microwave links can be used for the estimation of path-averaged rainfall by using either the path-integrated attenuation or the difference in attenuation of two signals with different frequencies and/or polarizations.
Uijlenhoet, Remko, Hidde Leijnse, Remko Uijlenhoet, Alexis Berne, Berne, A.D., Berne, Alexis, Leijnse, Hidde, Leijnse, H., Uijlenhoet, R.   +8 more
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Effects of extreme rainfall frequency on soil organic carbon fractions and carbon pool in a wet meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Ecological Indicators, 2023
The frequent occurrence of extreme rainfall events may greatly affect soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and carbon (C) pool of wet meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP).
Haiyan Wang, Jiangqi Wu, Guang Li, Lijuan Yan, Shuainan Liu   +4 more
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Technical Feasibility Study of Autonomous Field Robot‐Based on‐the‐go Assessment of Soil Nutrients Using Ion‐Sensitive Field‐Effect Transistors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Autonomous field robots equipped with ISFET‐based sensors enable rapid, spatially resolved soil nutrient analysis directly in the field. An automated system based on the BoniRob platform is presented for standardized on‐site extraction and measurement of key macronutrients and soil pH.
Vadim Riedel, Stefan Hinck, Edgar Peiter, Arno Ruckelshausen   +3 more
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Drop‐Location‐Insensitive Droplet‐Based Electricity Generator Using Polydimethylsiloxane Slippery Covalently Attached Liquid Coatings

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Drop‐location sensitivity remains a key barrier to practical droplet‐based electricity generators (DEGs). Here, a polydimethylsiloxane slippery covalently attached liquid (PDMS‐SCAL)‐coated interface promotes droplet sliding instead of splitting or bouncing, allowing stable electricity generation from randomly falling raindrops. The resulting PDMS‐SCAL‐
Jung Bin Yang, Donghyeon Yoo, Hideaki Teshima, Donghan Lee, Dongwhi Choi, Dong Rip Kim, Nenad Miljkovic   +6 more
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Groundwater Rise Sustains the World's Largest Alpine Water System Under Global Warming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Shallow groundwater depth (SGWD) across the non‐permafrost plains of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau decreased at averagely 0.02 m year−1, adding 31.44 Gt of freshwater storage from 2000 to 2020 and sustaining ∼53 500 km2 of alpine ecosystems. A vadose‐zone capacity of 426.6 Gt reveals these aquifers as promising reservoirs, highlighting groundwater's ...
Jianqing Du, Zhixiang Niu, Yanfen Wang, Shirui Zhou, Youqing Yang, Xiang Wei, Haishan Niu, Yitao Zhang, Anquan Xia, Yali Liu, Yanbin Hao, Kai Xue, Bingfang Wu, Xinquan Zhao, Tandong Yao, Yiyu Chen   +15 more
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