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Remote SensingSatellite rainfall estimates (SREs) play a crucial role in weather monitoring, forecasting and modeling, particularly in regions where ground-based observations may be limited.
Aminu Dalhatu Datti +6 more
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Climate Effects on Rainfall Index Insurance Purchase Decisions [PDF]
Rainfall Index insurance is a pilot insurance product offered to producers of hay and pasture in 9 states. This analysis examines the expected payoff of the RI insurance for bi-monthly periods based on rainfall shortage probabilities in alternative ...
Novak, James L., Nadolnyak, Denis A.
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez +3 more
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Records of shallow landslides triggered by extreme rainfall in July 2024 in Zixing, China
Scientific DataGlobal climate change has led to the frequent extreme meteorological events in recent years, triggering severe clustered landslides in mountainous regions.
Zijin Fu +4 more
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Performance Assessment of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products in the Abbay Basin, Ethiopia
Remote SensingSatellite-based rainfall products (SRPs) are indispensable for hydro-climatological research, particularly in data-limited environments such as Ethiopia. This study systematically evaluates the performance of three widely used SRPs: Climate Hazards Group
Tadela Terefe Gashaw +2 more
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Drought Exposure and Dynamic Input Adjustment in North Central U.S. Agriculture
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines whether realized extreme drought episodes affect the speed of adjustment of derived input demands and output supplies toward their long‐run equilibrium in U.S. agriculture, focusing on states in the North Central Region.
Victor H. Lana Pinto +2 more
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios +4 more
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Intensity estimation after detection for accumulated rainfall estimation
Frontiers in Signal ProcessingThis work focuses on optimizing the estimation of accumulated rain from measurements of the attenuation level of signals from commercial microwave links (CMLs). The process of accumulated rain estimation is usually based on estimation after detection, where it is first determined whether there is rain for a specific period, and then the accumulated ...
Taeer Weiss +3 more
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Microinsurance : a case study of the Indian rainfall index insurance market [PDF]
Rainfall index insurance provides a payout based on measured local rainfall during key phases of the agricultural season, and in principle can help rural households diversify a key source of idiosyncratic risk.
Gine, Xavier +3 more
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Mechanisms of Shallow Rainfall-induced Landslides in Residual Soils in Humid Tropical Environments [PDF]
, 2007 Landslide mechanisms and processes, particularly within the basal deformation region during failure, are poorly understood in the current knowledge.
Kit Ying Ng,, Ying Ng, Kit
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