Seasonal Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Over the Philippines
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.This study examines how mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Philippines are most frequent during boreal summer, while those in winter are longer‐lived and more intense due to cold surges and enhanced easterly moisture transport. Intraseasonal oscillations, such as the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal ...
Cathrene Lagare +3 more
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Heatwave Characteristics and Trends Across Eight Japanese Cities
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Heatwaves occur with high likelihood across Japan. Strong north–south contrasts exist in heatwave characteristics. Southern locations experience more frequent, longer, and more intense heatwaves. Since 1955 there has been an increase in heatwave frequency, duration, and cumulative heat, particularly for nocturnal heatwaves. ABSTRACT This study provides
Glenn McGregor, Asuka Suzuki‐Parker
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Assessment of ecosystem services provided by livestock agroecosystems in the tropics: a case study of tropical island environment of Guadeloupe. [PDF]
Trop Anim Health Prod, 2021 Gourdine JL +4 more
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Island Images and Imaginations: Beyond the Typical Tropical [PDF]
, 2019 ‘Warm water’ islands present themselves, and find themselves presented, as locales of desire, platforms of luscious paradise, emotional offloading or spiritual and psychological pilgrimage. The metaphoric deployment of the small, warm, tropical island is a gripping topos in Western discourse.
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Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Spatial Asymmetries in the Lesser Antilles
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Rainfall is not proportional to the Saffir‐Simpson wind‐based categories. Lower category tropical cyclones (TS, H1, H2 and H3) can generate more intense rainfall than H4 and H5. Rainfall is asymmetric; as a tropical cyclone intensifies or weakens, the location of peak rainfall shifts.
Catherine Nabukulu +3 more
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Vulnerability of fishery-based livelihoods to climate variability and change in a tropical island: insights from small-scale fishers in Seychelles. [PDF]
Discov Sustain, 2021 Etongo D, Arrisol L.
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Wildlife reintroduction: considerations of habitat quality at the release site. [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Assessing the suitability of a habitat prior to the release of animals is vital. Proper assessment of the flora will allow reintroduction programmes to determine whether the area will be capable of supporting the released animals in the long ...
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Weather Patterns Associated With Coastal Disasters in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.The study identified weather patterns (WPs) associated with coastal disasters between 1998 and 2020 along the Santa Catarina coast, Brazil. Using atmospheric and oceanographic data combined with official disaster records, five WPs were defined, mainly associated with cyclonic and anticyclonic systems linked to extreme wave events.
Karine Bastos Leal +5 more
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Distribution of different plant life forms on tropical islands: patterns and underlying mechanisms
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionIsland biogeography theory posits that both island area and isolation significantly influence species distribution patterns and community structure. This study investigates the effects of island area and isolation on plant community structure,
Chengfeng Yang +4 more
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, 2008 Here we report a modelling study of the spring ozone maximum and its interhemispheric asymmetry in the remote marine boundary layer (MBL). The modelled results are examined at the surface and on a series of time-height cross sections at several locations
Pyle, John A. +2 more
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