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Annual Observations of Climatic Impacts in the Songhua River Basin, China

Xiaocheng Song,  Liu Jing, 
  • First Published: 10 February 2016
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Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol over the South China Sea

Shih-Jen Huang,  Chen-Chih Lin, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2015
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Predicting Surface Runoff from Catchment to Large Region

Hongxia Li,  Yongqiang Zhang,  Xinyao Zhou, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2015
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A Comparison of Three Gap Filling Techniques for Eddy Covariance Net Carbon Fluxes in Short Vegetation Ecosystems

Xiaosong Zhao,  Yao Huang, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2015
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Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010

Jaroslav Vido,  Tsegaye Tadesse,  Zbyšek Šustek,  Radoslav Kandrík,  Miriam Hanzelová,  Jaroslav Škvarenina,  Jana Škvareninová,  Michael Hayes, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2015
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Atmospheric Circulation Regimes in a Nonlinear Quasi-Geostrophic Model

Henriette Labsch,  Dörthe Handorf,  Klaus Dethloff,  Michael V. Kurgansky, 
  • First Published: 06 December 2015
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Controlling Factors of the Stable Isotope Composition in the Precipitation of Islamabad, Pakistan

Shakir Hussain,  Song Xianfang,  Iqtidar Hussain,  Liu Jianrong,  Han Dong Mei,  Yang Li Hu,  Wei Huang, 
  • First Published: 02 December 2015
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Assessing the Capabilities of Three Regional Climate Models over CORDEX Africa in Simulating West African Summer Monsoon Precipitation

A. A. Akinsanola,  K. O. Ogunjobi,  I. E. Gbode,  V. O. Ajayi, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2015
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NDVI Variation and Its Responses to Climate Change on the Northern Loess Plateau of China from 1998 to 2012

Tingting Ning,  Wenzhao Liu,  Wen Lin,  Xiaoqiang Song, 
  • First Published: 30 November 2015
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Glacial Area Changes in the Ili River Catchment (Northeastern Tian Shan) in Xinjiang, China, from the 1960s to 2009

Junli Xu,  Shiyin Liu,  Wanqin Guo,  Zhen Zhang,  Junfeng Wei,  Tong Feng, 
  • First Published: 30 November 2015
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Recent Changes in the Annual Mean Regional Hadley Circulation and Their Impacts on South America

Ana Carolina Vasques Freitas,  Tércio Ambrizzi, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2015
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Northern Hemisphere Climatology and Interannual Variability of Storm Tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model

Timothy Paul Eichler,  Francisco Alvarez,  Jon Gottschalck, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2015
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Hydrograph Separation in the Headwaters of the Shule River Basin: Combining Water Chemistry and Stable Isotopes

Jiaxin Zhou,  Jinkui Wu,  Shiwei Liu,  Guoxiong Zeng,  Jia Qin,  Xiuna Wang,  Qiudong Zhao, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2015
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Actual Evapotranspiration in Suli Alpine Meadow in Northeastern Edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Jin-kui Wu,  Shi-qiang Zhang,  Hao Wu,  Shi-wei Liu,  Yu Qin,  Jia Qin, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2015
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Contribution of River Mouth Reach to Sediment Load of the Yangtze River

C. Wang,  S. B. Dai,  L. S. Ran,  L. Jiang,  W. T. Li, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2015
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Millennial-Scale Asian Monsoon Influenced Longjie Lake Evolution during Marine Isotope Stage 3, Upper Stream of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China

Chaozhu Li,  Jianli Fu,  Liang Yi,  Xin Zhou,  Shubing Wang,  Fuchu Jiang, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2015
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Flooding Regime Impacts on Radiation, Evapotranspiration, and Latent Energy Fluxes over Groundwater-Dependent Riparian Cottonwood and Saltcedar Forests

James Cleverly,  James R. Thibault,  Stephen B. Teet,  Paul Tashjian,  Lawrence E. Hipps,  Clifford N. Dahm,  Derek Eamus, 
  • First Published: 16 November 2015
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Climate Change Impact on the Hydrology of a Typical Watershed in the Tianshan Mountains

Gonghuan Fang,  Jing Yang,  Yaning Chen,  Shuhua Zhang,  Haijun Deng,  Haimeng Liu,  Philippe De Maeyer, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2015
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Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff and Sediment Load of the Xiliugou Basin in the Upper Yellow River

Haifang Yao,  Changxing Shi,  Wenwei Shao,  Jianbin Bai,  Hui Yang, 
  • First Published: 10 November 2015
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A Dynamic Analysis of a Record Breaking Winter Season Blocking Event

Andrew D. Jensen, 
  • First Published: 10 November 2015
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The Impact of Trends in the Large Scale Atmospheric Circulation on Mediterranean Surface Turbulent Heat Fluxes

Joy Romanski,  Sultan Hameed, 
  • First Published: 09 November 2015
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Surface Albedo Variation and Its Influencing Factors over Dongkemadi Glacier, Central Tibetan Plateau

Jie Wang,  Yuhuan Cui,  Xiaobo He,  Jian Zhang,  Shijiang Yan, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2015
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Evaluation of Water Storage Change of Inland Cryosphere in Northwestern China

Min Xu,  Shichang Kang,  Jiazhen Li, 
  • First Published: 05 November 2015
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Hydrologic Responses to Land Use Change in the Loess Plateau: Case Study in the Upper Fenhe River Watershed

Zhixiang Lu,  Songbing Zou,  Zuodong Qin,  Yonggang Yang,  Honglang Xiao,  Yongping Wei,  Kai Zhang,  Jiali Xie, 
  • First Published: 05 November 2015
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Comparison of Stationary and Dynamic Conceptual Models in a Mountainous and Data-Sparse Catchment in the South-Central Chilean Andes

Camila Toledo,  Enrique Muñoz,  Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, 
  • First Published: 02 November 2015
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Observations and Modeling of the Climatic Impact of Land-Use Changes 2014

Xiangzheng Deng,  R. B. Singh,  Qun’ou Jiang,  Jinwei Dong,  Hongbo Su, 
  • First Published: 01 November 2015
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Impacts of Land Use Change on the Regional Climate: A Structural Equation Modeling Study in Southern China

Zhanqi Wang,  Bingqing Li,  Jun Yang, 
  • First Published: 28 October 2015
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Validation of the Accuracy of Different Precipitation Datasets over Tianshan Mountainous Area

Chuancheng Zhao,  Shuxia Yao,  Shiqiang Zhang,  Haidong Han,  Qiudong Zhao,  Shuhua Yi, 
  • First Published: 28 October 2015
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Groundwater—Surface Water Interactions in a Mountain-to-Coast Watershed: Effects of Climate Change and Human Stressors

S. B. Foster,  D. M. Allen, 
  • First Published: 26 October 2015
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The Effects of Climate Change on Variability of the Growing Seasons in the Elbe River Lowland, Czech Republic

Vera Potopová,  Pavel Zahradníček,  Luboš Türkott,  Petr Štěpánek,  Josef Soukup, 
  • First Published: 25 October 2015
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Impact of Urbanization and Land-Use Change on Surface Climate in Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, 1988–2008

Xiaowei Yao,  Zhanqi Wang,  Hua Wang, 
  • First Published: 21 October 2015
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Modeling the Effects of Land-Cover Change on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in a Semiarid, Eastern Mediterranean Watershed

Noa Ohana-Levi,  Arnon Karnieli,  Roey Egozi,  Amir Givati,  Aviva Peeters, 
  • First Published: 20 October 2015
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Impacts of Two-Type ENSO on Rainfall over Taiwan

Chen-Chih Lin,  Yi-Jiun Liou,  Shih-Jen Huang, 
  • First Published: 20 October 2015
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Scenario-Based Impact Assessment of Land Use/Cover and Climate Changes on Watershed Hydrology in Heihe River Basin of Northwest China

Feng Wu,  Jinyan Zhan,  Hongbo Su,  Haiming Yan,  Enjun Ma, 
  • First Published: 18 October 2015
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The Elements of Water Balance in the Changing Climate in Poland

Małgorzata Szwed, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2015
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Serial Analysis of Ten Precipitation-Based Indices by Land Use in Semiarid Regions

Victor M. Rodríguez-Moreno,  J. Ariel Ruíz-Corral,  J. Saúl Padilla-Ramírez,  Alfonso Peña-Ramos,  Thomas G. Kretzschmar, 
  • First Published: 12 October 2015
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Hydrologic Variations and Stochastic Modeling of Runoff in Zoige Wetland in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

Guanghua Qin,  Hongxia Li,  Zejiang Zhou,  Kechao Song,  Li Zhang, 
  • First Published: 12 October 2015
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Comparison of Two Approaches for Estimating Precipitation Elasticity of Streamflow in China’s Main River Basins

Xinyao Zhou,  Yongqiang Zhang,  Yonghui Yang, 
  • First Published: 11 October 2015
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Interpolation of Missing Precipitation Data Using Kernel Estimations for Hydrologic Modeling

Hyojin Lee,  Kwangmin Kang, 
  • First Published: 08 October 2015
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Effects of Climate Change and Human Activities on Surface Runoff in the Luan River Basin

Sidong Zeng,  Chesheng Zhan,  Fubao Sun,  Hong Du,  Feiyu Wang, 
  • First Published: 07 October 2015
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Web-Based Data Integration and Interoperability for a Massive Spatial-Temporal Dataset of the Heihe River Basin EScience Framework

Qingchun Guo,  Yaonan Zhang,  Zhenfang He,  Yufang Min, 
  • First Published: 05 October 2015
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An Evaluation of River Health for the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province, China

Jinxi Song,  Dandong Cheng,  Qi Li,  Xingjun He,  Yongqing Long,  Bo Zhang, 
  • First Published: 04 October 2015
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Identifying Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivities in Response to Water Resources Management in the Heihe River Basin in China

Dongqin Yin,  Xiang Li,  Yuefei Huang,  Yuan Si,  Rui Bai, 
  • First Published: 30 September 2015
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Research on Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment Method in Data Sparse Regions: A Case Study of Xichong River Basin, China

Xing Liu,  Donglong Li,  Hongbo Zhang,  Shixiang Cai,  Xiaodong Li,  Tianqi Ao, 
  • First Published: 29 September 2015
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Satellite Observation of Atmospheric Compositions for Air Quality and Climate Study

Xiaozhen Xiong,  Liangfu Chen,  Yang Liu,  Ugo Cortesi,  Pawan Gupta, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2015
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Investigation of Precipitation Variations over Wet and Dry Areas from Observation and Model

James H. Trammell,  Xun Jiang,  Liming Li,  Maochang Liang,  Mao Li,  Jing Zhou,  Eric Fetzer,  Yuk Yung, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2015
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Tropospheric NO2 Trends over South Asia during the Last Decade (2004–2014) Using OMI Data

Zia ul-Haq,  Salman Tariq,  Muhammad Ali, 
  • First Published: 20 September 2015
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Analysis of Changes in Precipitation and Drought in Aksu River Basin, Northwest China

Yuhu Zhang,  Wanyuan Cai,  Qiuhua Chen,  Yunjun Yao,  Kaili Liu, 
  • First Published: 20 September 2015
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Analysis of Long-Range Transport of Carbon Dioxide and Its High Concentration Events over East Asian Region Using GOSAT Data and GEOS-Chem Modeling

Seung-Yeon Kim,  Sang-Deok Lee,  Jae-Bum Lee,  Deok-Rae Kim,  Jin-Seok Han,  Kwang-Ho Choi,  Chang-Keun Song, 
  • First Published: 20 September 2015
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Preliminary Assessment of Methane Concentration Variation Observed by GOSAT in China

Xiuchun Qin,  Liping Lei,  Zhonghua He,  Zhao-Cheng Zeng,  Masahiro Kawasaki,  Masafumi Ohashi,  Yutaka Matsumi, 
  • First Published: 20 September 2015
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Operational Monitoring of Trace Gases over the Mediterranean Sea

Giuseppe Grieco,  Guido Masiello,  Carmine Serio, 
  • First Published: 13 September 2015
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Dominant Modes of Tropospheric Ozone Variation over East Asia from GOME Observations

Yi Liu,  Yuli Zhang,  Yong Wang,  Chuanxi Liu,  Zhaonan Cai,  Paul Konopka,  Rolf Müller, 
  • First Published: 13 September 2015
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Optical Properties of the Urban Aerosol Particles Obtained from Ground Based Measurements and Satellite-Based Modelling Studies

Genrik Mordas,  Nina Prokopciuk,  Steigvilė Byčenkienė,  Jelena Andriejauskienė,  Vidmantas Ulevicius, 
  • First Published: 13 September 2015
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Satellite Observed Aerosol Optical Thickness and Trend around Megacities in the Coastal Zone

Xuepeng Zhao, 
  • First Published: 13 September 2015
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How Well Do Gridded Datasets of Observed Daily Precipitation Compare over Australia?

Steefan Contractor,  Lisa V. Alexander,  Markus G. Donat,  Nicholas Herold, 
  • First Published: 10 September 2015
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A Numerical Study on Impact of Taiwan Island Surface Heat Flux on Super Typhoon Haitang (2005)

Hongxiong Xu, 
  • First Published: 10 September 2015
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Quality of the Governing Temperature Variables in WRF in relation to Simulation of Primary Biological Aerosols

C. A. Skjøth,  M. Werner,  M. Kryza,  B. Adams-Groom,  A. Wakeham,  M. Lewis,  R. Kennedy, 
  • First Published: 10 September 2015
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Possible Micrometeorological Anomalies Induced by Volcanic Activity Recorded at Stromboli Island (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy)

Paolo Madonia,  Marianna Cangemi,  Salvatore Inguaggiato, 
  • First Published: 10 September 2015
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Wavelet Filter Approach and Z-R Relationship in Meteorological Forecasting

Wallop Jiwlong,  Anongrit Kangrang, 
  • First Published: 30 August 2015
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Vertical Raindrop Size Distribution in Central Spain: A Case Study

Roberto Fraile,  Amaya Castro,  Miguel González-Colino,  Elisabeth Alonso-Blanco,  María Fernández-Raga,  Covadonga Palencia,  Ana I. Calvo, 
  • First Published: 30 August 2015
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Spatiotemporal Variability and Change of the South China Spring Precipitation during 1961–2012

Hong-Lan Liu,  Qiang Zhang,  Jun-Qin Guo,  Jun-Guo Zhang,  Sheng Wang, 
  • First Published: 26 August 2015
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Recent Trends in Temperature and Precipitation in the Langat River Basin, Malaysia

Mahdi Amirabadizadeh,  Yuk Feng Huang,  Teang Shui Lee, 
  • First Published: 26 August 2015
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Weather and Climate in Monsoon Regions

Lin Wang,  June-Yi Lee,  Haishan Chen,  Fred Kucharski,  Xiaolong Jia,  Xiaojing Jia,  Jieshun Zhu, 
  • First Published: 26 August 2015
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Fuzzy Clustering-Based Ensemble Approach to Predicting Indian Monsoon

Moumita Saha,  Pabitra Mitra,  Arun Chakraborty, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2015
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Dominant Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Systems for the Extreme Precipitation over the Western Sichuan Basin in Summer 2013

Yamin Hu,  Panmao Zhai,  Lihong Liu,  Yang Chen,  Yanju Liu, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2015
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Analysis on the Extreme Heat Wave over China around Yangtze River Region in the Summer of 2013 and Its Main Contributing Factors

Jin Li,  Ting Ding,  Xiaolong Jia,  Xianchan Zhao, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2015
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Evapotranspiration Paradox and Impact Factors in China in the Period of 1960–2013

Huiping Huang,  Yuping Han,  Mingming Cao,  Jinxi Song,  Heng Xiao,  Weili Cheng, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2015
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Impact of Stratospheric Sudden Warming on East Asian Winter Monsoons

Quanliang Chen,  Luyang Xu,  Hongke Cai, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2015
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The Okhotsk-Japan Circulation Pattern and the Heavy Rainfall in Beijing in 2012 Summer

Yafei Wang,  Jianzhao Qin,  Lijuan Zhu, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2015
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Numerical Simulations of the 1 May 2012 Deep Convection Event over Cuba: Sensitivity to Cumulus and Microphysical Schemes in a High-Resolution Model

Yandy G. Mayor,  Michel D. S. Mesquita, 
  • First Published: 18 August 2015
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Trend Change Study of Climate Variables in Xin’anjiang-Fuchunjiang Watershed, China

Muhammad Zaman,  Guohua Fang,  Kashif Mehmood,  Muhammad Saifullah, 
  • First Published: 15 August 2015
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Land Use Zoning for Conserving Ecosystem Services under the Impact of Climate Change: A Case Study in the Middle Reaches of the Heihe River Basin

Chenchen Shi,  Jinyan Zhan,  Yongwei Yuan,  Feng Wu,  Zhihui Li, 
  • First Published: 09 August 2015
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Research on Cold Core Eddy Change and Phytoplankton Bloom Induced by Typhoons: Case Studies in the South China Sea

Xiao-dong Shang,  Hai-bin Zhu,  Gui-ying Chen,  Chi Xu,  Qi Yang, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Some Aspects of Sensitivity Analysis in Variational Data Assimilation for Coupled Dynamical Systems

Sergei Soldatenko,  Peter Steinle,  Chris Tingwell,  Denis Chichkine, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Upper Ocean Thermal Responses to Sea Spray Mediated Turbulent Fluxes during Typhoon Passage

Lianxin Zhang,  Changlong Guan,  Chunjian Sun,  Siyu Gao,  Shaomei Yu, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Impact of Argo Observation on the Regional Ocean Reanalysis of China Coastal Waters and Adjacent Seas: A Twin-Experiment Study

Caixia Shao,  Lili Xuan,  Yingzhi Cao,  Xiaojian Cui,  Siyu Gao, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Diffusion Filters for Variational Data Assimilation of Sea Surface Temperature in an Intermediate Climate Model

Xuefeng Zhang,  Dong Li,  Peter C. Chu,  Lianxin Zhang,  Wei Li, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Statistical Prediction of the South China Sea Surface Height Anomaly

Caixia Shao,  Weimin Zhang,  Chunjian Sun,  Xinmin Chai,  Zhimin Wang, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Initialized Decadal Predictions by LASG/IAP Climate System Model FGOALS-s2: Evaluations of Strengths and Weaknesses

Bo Wu,  Xiaolong Chen,  Fengfei Song,  Yong Sun,  Tianjun Zhou, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Remote Sensing and Modeling of Atmospheric Dust and Studying Its Impact on Environment, Weather, and Climate

Hesham El-Askary,  Seon K. Park,  Slobodan Nickovic,  Mian Chin, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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An Assessment of Data from the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder at the Met Office

Amy Doherty,  Nigel Atkinson,  William Bell,  Andrew Smith, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Using Adjoint-Based Forecast Sensitivity Method to Evaluate TAMDAR Data Impacts on Regional Forecasts

Xiaoyan Zhang,  Hongli Wang,  Xiang-Yu Huang,  Feng Gao,  Neil A. Jacobs, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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A Study of Coupling Parameter Estimation Implemented by 4D-Var and EnKF with a Simple Coupled System

Guijun Han,  Xinrong Wu,  Shaoqing Zhang,  Zhengyu Liu,  Ionel Michael Navon,  Wei Li, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Prediction of Moderate and Heavy Rainfall in New Zealand Using Data Assimilation and Ensemble

Yang Yang,  Phillip Andrews,  Trevor Carey-Smith,  Michael Uddstrom,  Mike Revell, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Investigation of Three-Dimensional Evolution of East Asian Dust Storm by Modeling and Remote Sensing Measurements

Jiawei Li,  Zhiwei Han, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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An Evaluation Method of Underwater Ocean Environment Safety Situation Based on D-S Evidence Theory

Yuxin Zhao,  Renfeng Jia,  Chang Liu, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather and Climate Models

Shaoqing Zhang,  Guijun Han,  Yuanfu Xie,  Juan Jose Ruiz, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Low-Frequency Variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass Identified from the China Coastal Waters and Adjacent Seas Reanalysis

Xuewei Li,  Xidong Wang,  Peter C. Chu,  Dongliang Zhao, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2015
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Water Yield Variation due to Forestry Change in the Head-Water Area of Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

Feng Wu,  Jinyan Zhan,  Jiancheng Chen,  Chao He,  Qian Zhang, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Studying Air Pollutants Origin and Associated Meteorological Parameters over Seoul from 2000 to 2009

Sunmin Park,  Hesham El-Askary,  Ismail Sabbah,  Hanbin Kwak,  Anup K. Prasad,  Woo-Kyun Lee,  Menas Kafatos, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Land Use Suitability Assessment in Low-Slope Hilly Regions under the Impact of Urbanization in Yunnan, China

Gui Jin,  Zhaohua Li,  Qiaowen Lin,  Chenchen Shi,  Bing Liu,  Lina Yao, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Impacts of Grain-for-Green and Grain-for-Blue Policies on Valued Ecosystem Services in Shandong Province, China

Wei Song,  Xiangzheng Deng,  Bing Liu,  Zhaohua Li,  Gui Jin, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Study of Aerosols’ Characteristics and Dynamics over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Using a Multisensor Approach Combined with Ground Observations

Ashraf Farahat,  Hesham El-Askary,  Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Origin and Distribution of PAHs in Ambient Particulate Samples at High Mountain Region in Southern China

Peng-hui Li,  Yan Wang,  Yu-hua Li,  Hong-li Li,  Xianliang Yi, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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A Review on Land Surface Processes Modelling over Complex Terrain

Wei Zhao,  Ainong Li, 
  • First Published: 05 August 2015
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Spatiotemporal Variation of Particulate Fallout Instances in Sfax City, Southern Tunisia: Influence of Sources and Meteorology

Moez Bahloul,  Iness Chabbi,  Ali Sdiri,  Ridha Amdouni,  Khaled Medhioub,  Chafai Azri, 
  • First Published: 04 August 2015
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A Comparison of the Impacts of Radiosonde and AMSU Radiance Observations in GSI Based 3DEnsVar and 3DVar Data Assimilation Systems for NCEP GFS

Govindan Kutty,  Xuguang Wang, 
  • First Published: 29 July 2015
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Estimation of Daytime NO3 Radical Levels in the UK Urban Atmosphere Using the Steady State Approximation Method

M. A. H. Khan,  W. C. Morris,  L. A. Watson,  M. Galloway,  P. D. Hamer,  B. M. A. Shallcross,  C. J. Percival,  D. E. Shallcross, 
  • First Published: 29 July 2015
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Investigation of the Variability and Implications of Meteorological Dry/Wet Conditions in the Poyang Lake Catchment, China, during the Period 1960–2010

Xu-chun Ye,  Yun-liang Li,  Xiang-hu Li,  Chong-yu Xu,  Qi Zhang, 
  • First Published: 28 July 2015
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Intercomparison of Solid Precipitation Derived from the Weighting Rain Gauge and Optical Instruments in the Interior Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Lele Zhang,  Lin Zhao,  Changwei Xie,  Guangyue Liu,  Liming Gao,  Yao Xiao,  Jianzong Shi,  Yongping Qiao, 
  • First Published: 27 July 2015
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An Empirical Method of Estimating Soil Thermal Inertia

Jing Tian,  Hongbo Su,  Honglin He,  Xiaomin Sun, 
  • First Published: 27 July 2015
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Relationships between Ambient Ozone Concentration Changes in Southwestern Taiwan and Invasion Tracks of Tropical Typhoons

Chung-Hsuang Hung,  Kuo-Cheng Lo, 
  • First Published: 22 July 2015
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The Arctic and Antarctic Sea-Ice Area Index Records versus Measured and Modeled Temperature Data

Nicola Scafetta,  Adriano Mazzarella, 
  • First Published: 22 July 2015
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The Role of Aerosols in Convective Processes during the Midsummer Drought in the Caribbean

Nathan Hosannah,  Hamed Parsiani,  Jorge E. González, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2015
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A Cumulative Rainfall Function for Subhourly Design Storm in Mediterranean Urban Areas

Marco Carbone,  Michele Turco,  Giuseppe Brunetti,  Patrizia Piro, 
  • First Published: 13 July 2015
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Spatial Interpolation of Daily Rainfall Data for Local Climate Impact Assessment over Greater Sydney Region

Xihua Yang,  Xiaojin Xie,  De Li Liu,  Fei Ji,  Lin Wang, 
  • First Published: 12 July 2015
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Characteristics of Atmospheric Metalliferous Particles during Large-Scale Fireworks in Korea

Zang-Ho Shon,  Ju-Hee Jeong,  Yoo-Keun Kim, 
  • First Published: 08 July 2015
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On the Use of Threshold for the Ground Validation of Satellite Rain Rate

Jungsoo Yoon,  Chulsang Yoo,  Eunho Ha, 
  • First Published: 08 July 2015
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Vertical Profiles and Chemical Properties of Aerosol Particles upon Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard Islands)

B. Moroni,  S. Becagli,  E. Bolzacchini,  M. Busetto,  D. Cappelletti,  S. Crocchianti,  L. Ferrero,  D. Frosini,  C. Lanconelli,  A. Lupi,  M. Maturilli,  M. Mazzola,  M. G. Perrone,  G. Sangiorgi,  R. Traversi,  R. Udisti,  A. Viola,  V. Vitale, 
  • First Published: 29 June 2015
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The Performance of the National Weather Service Heat Warning System against Ground Observations and Satellite Imagery

Jason Vargo,  Qingyang Xiao,  Yang Liu, 
  • First Published: 29 June 2015
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Impact Evaluation of Assimilating Surface Sensitive Infrared Radiance Observations over Land and Sea Ice from Observing System Simulation Experiments

S. K. Dutta,  L. Garand,  S. Heilliette, 
  • First Published: 28 June 2015
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Climate Warming: Is There Evidence in Africa?

Hector Carcel,  Luis A. Gil-Alana, 
  • First Published: 23 June 2015
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Precipitation Science: Observations, Retrievals, and Modeling

Francisco J. Tapiador,  Sahra Kacimi,  Manuel de Castro,  Vincenzo Levizzani,  Dimitrios Katsanos,  Eduardo García-Ortega, 
  • First Published: 18 June 2015
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Effects of Atmospheric Refraction on an Airborne Weather Radar Detection and Correction Method

Lei Wang,  Ming Wei,  Tao Yang,  Ping Liu, 
  • First Published: 18 June 2015
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Numerical Evaluation of the Impact of Urbanization on Summertime Precipitation in Osaka, Japan

Hikari Shimadera,  Akira Kondo,  Kundan Lal Shrestha,  Ken Kitaoka,  Yoshio Inoue, 
  • First Published: 16 June 2015
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Evaluation of the Wind Energy Potential in the Coastal Environment of Two Enclosed Seas

Florin Onea,  Alina Raileanu,  Eugen Rusu, 
  • First Published: 11 June 2015
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Assessment of the Impact of Metropolitan-Scale Urban Planning Scenarios on the Moist Thermal Environment under Global Warming: A Study of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Using Regional Climate Modeling

Asuka Suzuki-Parker,  Hiroyuki Kusaka,  Yoshiki Yamagata, 
  • First Published: 11 June 2015
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Regionalization and Spatiotemporal Variation of Drought in China Based on Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (1961–2013)

Xiongfei Liu,  Shixin Wang,  Yi Zhou,  Futao Wang,  Wenjun Li,  Wenliang Liu, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2015
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Methodology to Forecast Road Surface Temperature with Principal Components Analysis and Partial Least-Square Regression: Application to an Urban Configuration

M. Marchetti,  A. Khalifa,  M. Bues, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2015
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Easterly Wave Disturbances over Northeast Brazil: An Observational Analysis

Helber Barros Gomes,  Tércio Ambrizzi,  Dirceu Luís Herdies,  Kevin Hodges,  Bruce Francisco Pontes da Silva, 
  • First Published: 09 June 2015
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Air Quality Deterioration of Urban Areas Caused by Wildfires in a Natural Reservoir Forest of Mexico

Noel Carbajal,  Luis F. Pineda-Martinez,  Flor Bautista Vicente, 
  • First Published: 08 June 2015
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A Comparison of Two Methods on the Climatic Effects of Urbanization in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area

Mingna Wang,  Xiaodong Yan, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Study on Clean Development Mechanism, Quantitative and Sustainable Mechanism

Donghai Yuan,  Lipeng Zheng,  Yuan Cao,  Xufeng Mao,  Xueju Huang,  Liansheng He,  Junqi Li,  Mingshun Zhang, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Identification of Water Scarcity and Providing Solutions for Adapting to Climate Changes in the Heihe River Basin of China

Xiangzheng Deng,  Chunhong Zhao, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Analysis of Climate and Land Use Changes Impacts on Land Degradation in the North China Plain

Zhihui Li,  Xiangzheng Deng,  Fang Yin,  Cuiyuan Yang, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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The Impact Analysis of Water Body Landscape Pattern on Urban Heat Island: A Case Study of Wuhan City

Bohan Yang,  Fen Meng,  Xinli Ke,  Caixue Ma, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Downscaling MODIS Surface Reflectance to Improve Water Body Extraction

Xianghong Che,  Min Feng,  Hao Jiang,  Jia Song,  Bei Jia, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis

Derong Lin,  Yingzhi Lin, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Influence of Land Use Patterns on Evapotranspiration and Its Components in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem

Yuzhe Li,  Jiangwen Fan,  Zhongmin Hu,  Quanqin Shao,  Liangxia Zhang,  Hailing Yu, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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The Effect of Land-Use Intensity on Surface Temperature in the Dongting Lake Area, China

Wenmin Hu,  Weijun Zhou,  Hongshi He, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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How Long, Narrowly Constructed Wetlands Purify Irrigation Return Water: A Case Study of Ulansuhai Lake, China

Xufeng Mao,  Donghai Yuan,  Liansheng He,  Xiaoyan Wei,  Qiong Chen,  Libo Bian,  Junqi Li, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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Numerical Simulation of the Direct Radiative Effects of Dust Aerosol on the East Asian Winter Monsoon

Hui Sun,  Xiaodong Liu, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2015
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The Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Extent from Spring to Summer and Its Linkage to the Decline of SIE in September

Zhenhao Bao,  Gordon Huang,  Jinliang Liu,  Hengchun Ye, 
  • First Published: 04 June 2015
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Synoptic-Scale Precursors to Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification in the Atlantic Basin

Alexandria Grimes,  Andrew E. Mercer, 
  • First Published: 27 May 2015
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Impact of Climate Change on Temperate and Alpine Grasslands in China during 1982–2006

Xiangjin Shen,  Binhui Liu,  Guangdi Li,  Daowei Zhou, 
  • First Published: 25 May 2015
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Discrepancies in Different Precipitation Data Products in the Bay of Bengal during Summer Monsoon Season

Li Qi,  Yuqing Wang, 
  • First Published: 24 May 2015
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Algorithm Development for the Optimum Rainfall Estimation Using Polarimetric Variables in Korea

Cheol-Hwan You,  Dong-In Lee, 
  • First Published: 24 May 2015
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A Numerical Study of the Beijing Extreme Rainfall of 21 July 2012 and the Impact of Topography

Hongxiong Xu,  Wenqing Yao, 
  • First Published: 21 May 2015
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Chemical Compositions of Dew and Scavenging of Particles in Changchun, China

Yingying Xu,  Hui Zhu,  Jie Tang,  Yingzi Lin, 
  • First Published: 21 May 2015
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Extreme Precipitation Changes in the Semiarid Region of Xinjiang, Northwest China

Yanwei Zhang,  Quansheng Ge,  Minzhe Liu, 
  • First Published: 21 May 2015
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Advances in Urban Biometeorology 2014

Panagiotis Nastos,  Andreas Matzarakis,  Marialena Nikolopoulou,  Tzu-Ping Lin, 
  • First Published: 20 May 2015
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Spatial and Seasonal Variation in Rain Use Efficiency in Semiarid Grasslands of Inner Mongolia

Jyoti Bhandari,  Xuebiao Pan,  G. C. Dhruba Bijaya, 
  • First Published: 20 May 2015
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A Comparative Study on the Positive Lightning Return Stroke Electric Fields in Different Meteorological Conditions

Chin-Leong Wooi,  Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek,  Behnam Salimi,  Noor Azlinda Ahmad,  Kamyar Mehranzamir,  Saeed Vahabi-Mashak, 
  • First Published: 19 May 2015
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Changing Trends in Meteorological Elements and Reference Evapotranspiration in a Mega City: A Case Study in Shenzhen City, China

Haijun Liu,  Xian Zhang,  Liwei Zhang,  Xuming Wang, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2015
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Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe

Hanna Leona Lokys,  Jürgen Junk,  Andreas Krein, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2015
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Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment

Britta Jänicke,  Fred Meier,  Marie-Therese Hoelscher,  Dieter Scherer, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2015
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Influence of Urban Microclimate on Air-Conditioning Energy Needs and Indoor Thermal Comfort in Houses

Feng-Chi Liao,  Ming-Jen Cheng,  Ruey-Lung Hwang, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2015
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Contribution of Greening and High-Albedo Coatings to Improvements in the Thermal Environment in Complex Urban Areas

Bonggeun Song,  Kyunghun Park, 
  • First Published: 17 May 2015
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Temporal Differences of Urban-Rural Human Biometeorological Factors for Planning and Tourism in Szeged, Hungary

Ronja Vitt,  Ágnes Gulyás,  Andreas Matzarakis, 
  • First Published: 17 May 2015
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Investigating Thermal Comfort and User Behaviors in Outdoor Spaces: A Seasonal and Spatial Perspective

Kuo-Tsang Huang,  Tzu-Ping Lin,  Hsiao-Chi Lien, 
  • First Published: 17 May 2015
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Drought Trends and Temperature Influence in Zhanghe River Basin, China

Bakhtawar Wagan,  Zhanyu Zhang,  Feng Baoping,  Si Han,  Amos T. Kabo-bah, 
  • First Published: 17 May 2015
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Influence of the Three Gorges Project on the Water Resource Components of Poyang Lake Watershed: Observations from TRMM and GRACE

Xiaobin Cai,  Lian Feng,  Yuxi Wang,  Xiaoling Chen, 
  • First Published: 03 May 2015
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Evaluation of Three Satellite Precipitation Products TRMM 3B42, CMORPH, and PERSIANN over a Subtropical Watershed in China

Junzhi Liu,  Zheng Duan,  Jingchao Jiang,  A-Xing Zhu, 
  • First Published: 30 April 2015
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Identifying and Evaluating Chaotic Behavior in Hydro-Meteorological Processes

Soojun Kim,  Yonsoo Kim,  Jongso Lee,  Hung Soo Kim, 
  • First Published: 30 April 2015
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Statistical and Physical Descriptions of Raindrop Size Distributions in Equatorial Malaysia from Disdrometer Observations

Hong Yin Lam,  Jafri Din,  Siat Ling Jong, 
  • First Published: 27 April 2015
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An Assessment of Human versus Climatic Impacts on Jing River Basin, Loess Plateau, China

Yi He,  Fei Wang,  Xingmin Mu,  Huiting Yan,  Guangju Zhao, 
  • First Published: 23 April 2015
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Forming High Ozone Concentration in the Ambient Air of Southern Taiwan under the Effects of Western Pacific Subtropical High

Kuo-Cheng Lo,  Chung-Hsuang Hung, 
  • First Published: 21 April 2015
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Validation of the New Algorithm for Rain Rate Retrieval from AMSR2 Data Using TMI Rain Rate Product

Elizaveta Zabolotskikh,  Bertrand Chapron, 
  • First Published: 21 April 2015
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Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Spatial and Temporal Variations of Pore-Water Pressure Responses to Rainfall

M. R. Mustafa,  R. B. Rezaur,  H. Rahardjo,  M. H. Isa,  A. Arif, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Precipitation Regime and Temporal Changes in the Central Danubian Lowland Region

Dana Halmova,  Pavla Pekarova,  Juraj Olbrimek,  Pavol Miklanek,  Jan Pekar, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Effect of Data Assimilation Using WRF-3DVAR for Heavy Rain Prediction on the Northeastern Edge of the Tibetan Plateau

Junhua Yang,  Keqin Duan,  Jinkui Wu,  Xiang Qin,  Peihong Shi,  Huancai Liu,  Xiaolong Xie,  Xiao Zhang,  Jianyong Sun, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Systematic Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products over the Brahmaputra Basin for Hydrological Applications

Sagar Ratna Bajracharya,  Wahid Palash,  Mandira Singh Shrestha,  Vijay Ratan Khadgi,  Chu Duo,  Partha Jyoti Das,  Chhimi Dorji, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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On the Robustness of the Weakening Effect of Anthropogenic Aerosols on the East Asian Summer Monsoon with Multimodel Results

Hongli Wang,  Xiaoning Xie,  Xiaodong Liu, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Characterization of Future Caribbean Rainfall and Temperature Extremes across Rainfall Zones

Natalie Melissa McLean,  Tannecia Sydia Stephenson,  Michael Alexander Taylor,  Jayaka Danaco Campbell, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Retrieve the Optimal Parameters and Structures of Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System for Typhoon Precipitation Forecast Modeling

Chien-Lin Huang,  Nien-Sheng Hsu,  Chih-Chiang Wei,  Chun-Wen Lo, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Effects of ENSO on Autumn Rainfall in Central Vietnam

Thang Van Vu,  Hieu Trong Nguyen,  Thang Van Nguyen,  Hiep Van Nguyen,  Huong Thi Thanh Pham,  Lan Thi Nguyen, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2015
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Probability Modeling of Precipitation Extremes over Two River Basins in Northwest of China

Zhanling Li,  Zhanjie Li,  Wei Zhao,  Yuehua Wang, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Spatial Patterns and Temporal Variability of Drought in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Areas in China

Wanyuan Cai,  Yuhu Zhang,  Qiuhua Chen,  Yunjun Yao, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Accumulated Mixed Precipitation Estimation Using Measurements from Multiple Microwave Links

Jonatan Ostrometzky,  Dani Cherkassky,  Hagit Messer, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Changes in Typhoon Activities and Regional Precipitation Variability over the Korean Peninsula according to Different Phases of El Niño

Jong-Suk Kim,  Sun-Kwon Yoon,  Sang Myeong Oh,  Young-Il Moon, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Influences of Two Land-Surface Schemes on RegCM4 Precipitation Simulations over the Tibetan Plateau

Xuejia Wang,  Meixue Yang,  Guojin Pang, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Influence of Ionospheric Irregularities on GNSS Remote Sensing

M. V. Tinin, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Evaluation of the Contribution of Deposited Precipitation

Jaroslav Fišák,  Miroslav Tesař, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Impacts of the Two Biggest Lakes on Local Temperature and Precipitation in the Yellow River Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau

Lijuan Wen,  Shihua Lv,  Zhaoguo Li,  Lin Zhao,  Nidhi Nagabhatla, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Identifying Individual Rain Events with a Dense Disdrometer Network

Michael L. Larsen,  Joshua B. Teves, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Modeling Spatiotemporal Precipitation: Effects of Density, Interpolation, and Land Use Distribution

Christopher L. Shope,  Ganga Ram Maharjan, 
  • First Published: 19 April 2015
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Decadal Variation in Raindrop Size Distributions in Busan, Korea

Cheol-Hwan You,  Dong-In Lee, 
  • First Published: 15 April 2015
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Climatic Cycles and Gradients of the El Niño Core Region in North Peru

Rütger Rollenbeck,  Fabian Bayer,  Jannes Münchow,  Michael Richter,  Rodolfo Rodriguez,  Nestor Atarama, 
  • First Published: 15 April 2015
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Temporal Patterns of Shrub Vegetation and Variation with Precipitation in Gurbantunggut Desert, Central Asia

Yuguang Yang,  Chengyi Zhao,  Ming Han,  Yike Li,  Ruihong Yang, 
  • First Published: 14 April 2015
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Spatiotemporal Variation and Abrupt Change Analysis of Temperature from 1960 to 2012 in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China

Yanyu Yin,  Hui Liu,  Xiangsheng Yi,  Weidong Liu, 
  • First Published: 12 April 2015
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Precipitable Water Vapor Estimates in the Australian Region from Ground-Based GPS Observations

Suelynn Choy,  Chuan-Sheng Wang,  Ta-Kang Yeh,  John Dawson,  Minghai Jia,  Yuriy Kuleshov, 
  • First Published: 08 April 2015
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Underwater Acoustic Measurements to Estimate Wind and Rainfall in the Mediterranean Sea

Sara Pensieri,  Roberto Bozzano,  Jeffrey A. Nystuen,  Emmanouil N. Anagnostou,  Marios N. Anagnostou,  Renzo Bechini, 
  • First Published: 08 April 2015
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Impacts of Abnormal Heating of Tibetan Plateau on Rossby Wave Activity and Hazards Related to Snow and Ice in South China

Yuyue Fan,  Guoping Li,  Huiguo Lu, 
  • First Published: 29 March 2015
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Impact Assessment of Orography on the Extreme Precipitation Event of July 2010 over Pakistan: A Numerical Study

Khan Muhammad Tahir,  Yan Yin,  Yong Wang,  Zaheer A. Babar,  Dong Yan, 
  • First Published: 29 March 2015
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Regional Climate Change: Downscaling, Prediction, and Impact Assessment

Lian Xie,  Fredrick Semazzi,  Adel Hanna,  Richard Anyah,  Huiwang Gao,  Yijun He, 
  • First Published: 25 March 2015
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Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Processes and Atmospheric Modeling

D. Bala Subrahamanyam,  Ismail Gultepe,  Sultan Al-Yahyai,  A. N. V. Satyanarayana, 
  • First Published: 24 March 2015
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The Sensible Heat Flux in the Course of the Year at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard: Characteristics of Eddy Covariance Data and Corresponding Model Results

Georg Jocher,  Alexander Schulz,  Christoph Ritter,  Roland Neuber,  Klaus Dethloff,  Thomas Foken, 
  • First Published: 23 March 2015
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Simulating Flow and Dispersion by Using WRF-CFD Coupled Model in a Built-Up Area of Shenyang, China

Yijia Zheng,  Yucong Miao,  Shuhua Liu,  Bicheng Chen,  Hui Zheng,  Shu Wang, 
  • First Published: 23 March 2015
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Assimilation of Chinese Doppler Radar and Lightning Data Using WRF-GSI: A Case Study of Mesoscale Convective System

Yi Yang,  Ying Wang,  Kefeng Zhu, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Aerosol Vertical Distribution Based on Lidar Observations: A Haze Case Study over Jinhua Basin

Wanchun Zhang,  Mortier Augustin,  Ying Zhang,  Zhengqiang Li,  Hua Xu,  Dong Liu,  Zhenzhu Wang,  Yuhuan Zhang,  Yan Ma,  Fengxia Zhang,  Yang Lv, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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CECILIA Regional Climate Simulations for Future Climate: Analysis of Climate Change Signal

Michal Belda,  Petr Skalák,  Aleš Farda,  Tomáš Halenka,  Michel Déqué,  Gabriella Csima,  Judit Bartholy,  Csaba Torma,  Constanta Boroneant,  Mihaela Caian,  Valery Spiridonov, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Meso-Alpha Scale Tropospheric Interactions within the Western Mediterranean Basin: Statistical Results Using 15-Year NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Dataset

J. L. Palau,  F. Rovira, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Assessment of Climate Change Effects on Water Resources in the Yellow River Basin, China

Zhiyong Wu,  Heng Xiao,  Guihua Lu,  Jinming Chen, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Numerical Study of the Effects of Topography and Urbanization on the Local Atmospheric Circulations over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, China

Yucong Miao,  Shuhua Liu,  Yijia Zheng,  Shu Wang,  Bicheng Chen, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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The Development of a Customization Framework for the WRF Model over the Lake Victoria Basin, Eastern Africa on Seasonal Timescales

R. Argent,  X. Sun,  F. Semazzi,  L. Xie,  B. Liu, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Impacts of a Saline Lake and Its Salinity on Local Precipitation

Lijuan Wen, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Energy Balance in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China

Qun’ou Jiang,  Enjun Ma,  Jinyan Zhan,  Nana Shi, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Laboratory Simulations of Local Winds in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer via Image Analysis

Monica Moroni,  Antonio Cenedese, 
  • First Published: 22 March 2015
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Atmosphere-Cryosphere Coupled Model for Regional Climate Applications

Ki-Hong Min,  Wen-Yih Sun, 
  • First Published: 19 March 2015
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Rainfall Variability, Drought Characterization, and Efficacy of Rainfall Data Reconstruction: Case of Eastern Kenya

M. Oscar Kisaka,  M. Mucheru-Muna,  F. K. Ngetich,  J. N. Mugwe,  D. Mugendi,  F. Mairura, 
  • First Published: 19 March 2015
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Potential Influence of Climate Change on the Acid-Sensitivity of High-Elevation Lakes in the Georgia Basin, British Columbia

Donna Strang,  Julian Aherne, 
  • First Published: 18 March 2015
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Cause Analysis on Eastward Movement of Southwest China Vortex and Its Induced Heavy Rainfall in South China

Yongren Chen,  Yueqing Li,  Tianliang Zhao, 
  • First Published: 17 March 2015
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Estimation of Continental-Basin-Scale Sublimation in the Lena River Basin, Siberia

Kazuyoshi Suzuki,  Glen E. Liston,  Koji Matsuo, 
  • First Published: 12 March 2015
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Lagrangian Coherent Structure Analysis of Terminal Winds: Three-Dimensionality, Intramodel Variations, and Flight Analyses

Brent Knutson,  Wenbo Tang,  Pak Wai Chan, 
  • First Published: 12 March 2015
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Modeling and Forecasting Average Temperature for Weather Derivative Pricing

Zhiliang Wang,  Peng Li,  Lingyong Li,  Chunyan Huang,  Min Liu, 
  • First Published: 09 March 2015
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Study of Aerosol Influence on Nighttime Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Based on Two Methods

Caixia Gao,  Enyu Zhao,  Chuanrong Li,  Yonggang Qian,  Lingling Ma,  Lingli Tang,  Xiaoguang Jiang,  Hongyuan Huo, 
  • First Published: 04 March 2015
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Calibration of Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Models Using Global Optimization

Chao Zhang,  Ru-bin Wang,  Qing-xiang Meng, 
  • First Published: 04 March 2015
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The Potential for Observing African Weather with GNSS Remote Sensing

Olalekan A. Isioye,  Ludwig Combrinck,  Joel O. Botai,  Cilence Munghemezulu, 
  • First Published: 03 March 2015
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Applications of Air Trajectories

Isidro A. Pérez,  Florinda Artuso,  Mastura Mahmud,  Umesh Kulshrestha,  M. Luisa Sánchez,  M. Ángeles García, 
  • First Published: 03 March 2015
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Applications of Air Mass Trajectories

Isidro A. Pérez,  Florinda Artuso,  Mastura Mahmud,  Umesh Kulshrestha,  M. Luisa Sánchez,  M. Ángeles García, 
  • First Published: 01 March 2015
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The Effect of Climate Change on Variations in Dew Amount in a Paddy Ecosystem of the Sanjiang Plain, China

Yingying Xu,  Baixing Yan,  Jie Tang, 
  • First Published: 28 February 2015
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The Impact of Typhoon Danas (2013) on the Torrential Rainfall Associated with Typhoon Fitow (2013) in East China

Hongxiong Xu,  Bo Du, 
  • First Published: 28 February 2015
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A Radar Wind Analysis System for Nowcast Applications

Qin Xu,  Li Wei,  Kang Nai,  Shun Liu,  Robert M. Rabin,  Qingyun Zhao, 
  • First Published: 26 February 2015
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Optical and Radiative Properties of Aerosols over Two Locations in the North-West Part of India during Premonsoon Season

Yogesh Kant,  Atinderpal Singh,  Debashis Mitra,  Darshan Singh,  P. Srikanth,  A. S. Madhusudanacharyulu,  Y. N. V. Krishna Murthy, 
  • First Published: 24 February 2015
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Temperature Variability over the Po Valley, Italy, according to Radiosounding Data

Boyan Hristozov Petkov, 
  • First Published: 23 February 2015
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Verification of a Real Time Weather Forecasting System in Southern Italy

Luca Tiriolo,  Rosa Claudia Torcasio,  Stefania Montesanti,  Stefano Federico, 
  • First Published: 11 February 2015
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Change-Point Analysis of Tropical Night Occurrences for Five Major Cities in Republic of Korea

Myoung-Seok Suh,  Chansoo Kim, 
  • First Published: 31 January 2015
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Modeling of Time of Arrival Method for Lightning Locating Systems

Saeed Vahabi-Mashak,  Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek,  Kamyar Mehranzamir,  Hadi Nabipour-Afrouzi,  Behnam Salimi,  Chin-Leong Wooi, 
  • First Published: 31 January 2015
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Precipitation over Northern South America and Its Seasonal Variability as Simulated by the CMIP5 Models

Juan P. Sierra,  Paola A. Arias,  Sara C. Vieira, 
  • First Published: 29 January 2015
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Comparison of Cloud Base Height Derived from a Ground-Based Infrared Cloud Measurement and Two Ceilometers

Lei Liu,  Xue-jin Sun,  Xi-chuan Liu,  Tai-chang Gao,  Shi-jun Zhao, 
  • First Published: 27 January 2015
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Dust Aerosols Detected Using a Ground-Based Polarization Lidar and CALIPSO over Wuhan (30.5°N, 114.4°E), China

Yun He,  Fan Yi, 
  • First Published: 26 January 2015
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Tropical Atlantic Contributions to Strong Rainfall Variability Along the Northeast Brazilian Coast

G. A. Hounsou-gbo,  M. Araujo,  B. Bourlès,  D. Veleda,  J. Servain, 
  • First Published: 22 January 2015
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Precipitation Trends over Time Using Mann-Kendall and Spearman’s rho Tests in Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Ijaz Ahmad,  Deshan Tang,  TianFang Wang,  Mei Wang,  Bakhtawar Wagan, 
  • First Published: 12 January 2015
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Application of the Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbations Method in the Shallow Lake Ecological Degradation and Restoration

Bo Wang,  Qianqian Qi, 
  • First Published: 06 January 2015
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Trends in Downward Solar Radiation at the Surface over North America from Climate Model Projections and Implications for Solar Energy

Gerardo Andres Saenz,  Huei-Ping Huang, 
  • First Published: 05 January 2015