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Measuring rainfall from above and below the sea surface

Satellites play a major role in the determination of the rainfall at sea. Researchers at Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) have been involved in two projects addressing this task. First they have been instrumental in developing techniques to retrieve
Guymer, Trevor H., Quartly, Graham D., Jones, Claire E., Srokosz, Meric A., Birch, Keith G.   +4 more
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How to Navigate Disrupted Business Models in the 21st Century: At the Crossroads of the Circular Economy and the Industry 4.0 Transition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter, Rui Torres de Oliveira, Shane Mathews, Leonie Barner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attribution of the record-breaking February 2022 compound wet and cold event over Southern China

Environmental Research Letters
In February 2022, Southern China experienced a severe compound wet and cold event (CWCE) that caused major socioeconomic impacts on transportation, power supply, and agriculture, ranking among China’s top ten natural disasters of the year. To what extent
Wei Li, Yike Zou, Zhihong Jiang, Hao Yang, Yang Li   +4 more
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The Influence of Short-Term Heavy Rainfall on Hydraulic Characteristics and Rill Formation in the Yuanmou Dry-Hot Valley. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Luo J, Ma X, Wang L, Zhang B, Yang X, Yue T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

HEAVY RAINFALL IN JULY 1967

, 1968
The heavy rainfall over Western Japan in July 1967 is analyzed comparing with thesimilar cases. The relations of the local concentration of rainfall to the topography, synoptic and meso-meteorological factors are studied.
中島, 暢太郎, 後町, 幸雄
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Responses to High-Resolution Diffusion-Enhanced Radar Rainfall Forcing in a Floodplain Reach of the Middle Yangtze River

Hydrology
Flash-flood and floodplain inundation simulations are highly sensitive to the spatiotemporal variability of convective rainfall, particularly during the initial runoff generation stage.
Dian Feng, Shaoni Huang, Yibo Du, Lihao Zhou, Jun Zhang   +4 more
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Influence of antecedent soil moisture content and land use on the surface runoff response to heavy rainfall simulation experiments investigated in Alpine catchments. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Meißl G, Klebinder K, Zieher T, Lechner V, Kohl B, Markart G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Heavy Rainfall Warning Assessment Tool User Guide. Version 1.2 [PDF]

, 2004
This report is a User Guide to a PC tool for assessing Heavy Rainfall Warnings. Development of the PC tool formed an important operational output of the Environment Agency and Met Office funded project: "Development of Rainfall Forecast Performance ...
Jones, D. A., Moore, R. J., Robson, A. J., Jones, A. E.   +3 more
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Interannual variations in rainfall of different intensities in South West of Western Australia

, 2019
Significant decreases in rainfall in South West of Western Australia (SWWA) over recent decades are of concern for water supply and agricultural production in the region.
Yu, Bofu, Priya Philip, Bofu Yu, Philip, Priya   +3 more
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