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Mesoscale patterns associated with two distinct heatwave events in coastal Santa Barbara, California, and their impact on local fire risk conditions

open access: yesWeather and Climate Extremes, 2022
This study investigates mesoscale mechanisms associated with two extreme heatwaves affecting Santa Barbara County (SBC), southern California, and their implication for severe fire weather.
Gert-Jan Duine   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radio is effective in teaching nutrition to Latino families

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1996
A series of five nutrition education lessons was broadcast over Spanish-language radio in a major metropolitan and a semirural area of southern California.
Joan Wright   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land cover conversion and land use change combine to reduce grazing

open access: yesJournal of Land Use Science, 2022
Land cover and land use changes cause global environmental degradation yet changes in cover may have different impacts than changes in use. Here, we examine changes in land cover (rangeland conversion to vineyard) and land use (assocaited grazing loss on
Matthew Shapero   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brief Communication: An electrifying atmospheric river – understanding the thunderstorm event in Santa Barbara County during March 2019 [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020
On 5 March 2019 12:00 UTC, an atmospheric river (AR) made landfall in Santa Barbara, CA, and lasted approximately 30 h. While ARs are typical winter storms in the area, the extraordinary number of lightning strikes observed near coastal ...
D. Nash   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian inverse ensemble forecasting for COVID‐19

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Variations in strains of COVID‐19 have a significant impact on the rate of surges and on the accuracy of forecasts of the epidemic dynamics. The primary goal for this article is to quantify the effects of varying strains of COVID‐19 on ensemble forecasts of individual “surges.” By modelling the disease dynamics with an SIR model, we solve the ...
Kimberly Kroetch, Don Estep
wiley   +1 more source

Government affiliation and innovation in emerging market firms: The role of international diversification

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how international diversification interacts with government affiliation to shape innovation outcomes in emerging market firms. We reconceptualize government affiliation as a resource‐structuring mechanism that varies across hierarchical levels and influences the coherence of firms' dominant logics of ...
Danielle R. Combs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

SBCLTER: Land: Hydrology: Santa Barbara County Flood Control District - Precipitation at Santa Barbara County Road Yard (GoletaRdYard211) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Precipitation was collected by the Santa Barbara County Flood Control District at Santa Barbara County Road Yard in the Santa Barbara coastal area (site ID: GoletaRdYard211). Data are reported at 5 minute intervals.

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Detection of Nematophagous Fungi from Heterodera schachtii Females Using a Baiting Experiment with Soils Cropped to Brassica Species from California’s Central Coast

open access: yesPhytoFrontiers, 2021
Until the early 1990s, cyst nematodes were abundant pathogens in fields where hosts of Heterodera spp. were frequent members of crop rotations along California’s Central Coast. To mitigate damage caused by Heterodera schachtii and H. cruciferae, the soil
Ying-Yu Chen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tropicalization of the Temperate Zone: Spatiotemporal Variability of Winter Warming and Declining Freeze Days Across the United States

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Unique characteristics of winter daily minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax) temperatures and freeze days across the conterminous United States from 1952 to 2024 are examined. Results show spatial heterogeneity in Tmin/Tmax warming rates across the tropical‐temperate transition zone in the southeastern United States, and that the highest temperature on the
Vincent M. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Map of the County of Santa Barbara, California / [PDF]

open access: yes, 1889
Relief shown by hachures.Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, township and section lines, school and supervisorial districts, etc.LC Land ownership maps, 38"Approved and declared to be the official
H.S. Crocker & Co., Riecker, Paul.
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