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Thematic Issue on the Hydrological Effects of the Vegetation-Soil Complex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Hallett, Paul D.   +3 more
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Sustainable farming with native rocks: the transition without revolution. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The development process which humanity passed through favored a series of conquests, reflected in the better quality of life and longevity, however, it also provoked upsets and severe transformation in the environment and in the human food security. Such
ALTIERI MA   +15 more
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Silicate rock weathering and atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake in the Amazon basin estimated from river water geochemistry: seasonal and spatial variations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Using the data of the CAMREX project (1982–1984) on the water geochemistry of the Amazon river and its main tributaries, it was possible to assess the silicate rock weathering processes and the associated consumption of atmospheric/soil CO2, taking into
Mortatti, Jefferson, Probst, Jean-Luc
core   +2 more sources

An investigation of the basement complex aquifer system in Lofa county, Liberia, for the purpose of siting boreholes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Liberia is recovering from a 14 year civil war and only 51% of the rural population has access to safe drinking water. Little hydrogeological knowledge survives in Liberia, increasing the difficulty in successfully siting new boreholes.
Elster, D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Lauraceae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Phylogenetic relationships among 122 species of Lauraceae representing 44 of the 55 currently recognized genera are inferred from sequence variation in the chloroplast and nuclear genomes.
Chanderbali, Andre S.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Using High-Density Rain Gauges to Validate the Accuracy of Satellite Precipitation Products over Complex Terrains

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2020
Topography and precipitation intensity are important factors that affect the quality of satellite precipitation products (SPPs). A clear understanding of the accuracy performance of SPPs over complex terrains and its relationship with topography is ...
Linfei Yu, Yongqiang Zhang, Yonghui Yang
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Complex Terrain on Severe Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Larry (2006) over Northeast Australia

open access: yesMonthly Weather Review, 2008
Abstract The interaction between complex terrain and a landfalling tropical cyclone (TC) over northeastern Australia is investigated using the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research (PSU–NCAR) Mesoscale Model (MM5).
Hamish A. Ramsay, Lance M. Leslie
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluation of Soil Moisture Retrieval from the ERS and Metop Scatterometers in the Lower Mekong Basin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The natural environment and livelihoods in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) are significantly affected by the annual hydrological cycle. Monitoring of soil moisture as a key variable in the hydrological cycle is of great interest in a number of Hydrological ...
Apel, Heiko   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluation of U-Net transfer learning model for semantic segmentation of landslides in the Colombian tropical mountain region [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences
Landslides in tropical regions, like the Colombian Andean region, pose unique challenges due to factors such as intense rainfall, steep slopes, and complex terrains. Mapping historical and current landslide activity through inventory maps is essential in
Vega Johnny, Hidalgo César
doaj   +1 more source

Hierarchical path-finding for Navigation Meshes (HNA*) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Path-finding can become an important bottleneck as both the size of the virtual environments and the number of agents navigating them increase. It is important to develop techniques that can be efficiently applied to any environment independently of its ...
Fuentes, Carlos   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

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