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Evaluation of the Impact of Argo Data on Ocean Reanalysis in the Pacific Region

Xuefeng Zhang,  Chaohui Sun,  Chang Liu,  Lianxin Zhang,  Caixia Shao,  Xiaoshuang Zhang,  Yuxin Zhao, 
  • First Published: 01 May 2024
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Attenuation Correction of Weather Radar Reflectivity with Arbitrary Oriented Microwave Link

Peng Zhang,  Xichuan Liu,  Zhaoming Li,  Zeming Zhou,  Kun Song,  Pinglv Yang, 
  • First Published: 31 December 2017

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The High Order Conservative Method for the Parameters Estimation in a PM2.5 Transport Adjoint Model

Ning Li,  Yongzhi Liu,  Xianqing Lv,  Jicai Zhang,  Kai Fu, 
  • First Published: 25 December 2017
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Evaluation of High-Resolution Multisatellite and Reanalysis Rainfall Products over East Africa

Dejene Sahlu,  Semu A. Moges,  Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos,  Emmanouil N. Anagnostou,  Dereje Hailu, 
  • First Published: 25 December 2017
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Trends and Variability in Precipitable Water Vapor throughout North China from 1979 to 2015

Wang Peng,  Xie Tongchuan,  Dai Jiageng,  Sun Jingmin,  Wu Yanling,  Song Qingli,  Dai Xin,  Yuan Hongliang,  Song Dejun,  Zhao Jinrong, 
  • First Published: 21 December 2017
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On the Difference of Scaling Properties for Temperature and Precipitation over China

Lei Jiang,  Liqing Zhao,  Zihao Zhao, 
  • First Published: 20 December 2017
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Morphological and Chemical Properties of Particulate Matter in the Dammam Metropolitan Region: Dhahran, Khobar, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Bassam S. Tawabini,  Taoreed T. Lawal,  Abdulaziz Shaibani,  Ashraf M. Farahat, 
  • First Published: 20 December 2017

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A Study on Parameterization of the Beijing Winter Heavy Haze Events Associated with Height of Pollution Mixing Layer

Tao Niu,  Jizhi Wang,  Yuanqin Yang,  Yaqiang Wang,  Cheng Chen, 
  • First Published: 19 December 2017
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Optimal Configuration Method of Sampling Points Based on Variability of Sea Surface Temperature

Chang Liu,  Yuning Lei,  Feng Gao,  Meizhen Zhao, 
  • First Published: 19 December 2017
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Characteristics of Winter Clouds and Precipitation over the Mountains of Northern Beijing

Xincheng Ma,  Kai Bi,  Yunbo Chen,  Yichen Chen,  Zhigang Cheng, 
  • First Published: 14 December 2017
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Short-Term Wind Speed Prediction Using EEMD-LSSVM Model

Aiqing Kang,  Qingxiong Tan,  Xiaohui Yuan,  Xiaohui Lei,  Yanbin Yuan, 
  • First Published: 12 December 2017
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Seasonal Regional Differentiation of Human Thermal Comfort Conditions in Algeria

Salah Sahabi Abed,  Andreas Matzarakis, 
  • First Published: 10 December 2017

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Optimal Physics Parameterization Scheme Combination of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model for Seasonal Precipitation Simulation over Ghana

Richard Yao Kuma Agyeman,  Thompson Annor,  Benjamin Lamptey,  Emmanuel Quansah,  Jacob Agyekum,  Sampson Adu Tieku, 
  • First Published: 06 December 2017
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Observational and Simulative Study of a Local Severe Precipitation Event Caused by a Cold Vortex over Northeast China

Ying Liu,  Zhaoming Liang,  Yupeng Li, 
  • First Published: 05 December 2017
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A Potential Density Gradient Dependent Analysis Scheme for Ocean Multiscale Data Assimilation

Hongli Fu,  Jinkun Yang,  Wei Li,  Xinrong Wu,  Guijun Han,  Yuanfu Xie,  Shaoqing Zhang,  Xuefeng Zhang,  Yingzhi Cao,  Xiaoshuang Zhang, 
  • First Published: 05 December 2017
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Spatial and Temporal Features of the Frequency of Cloud Occurrence over China Based on CALIOP

Hongke Cai,  Xiao Feng,  Quanliang Chen,  Yi Sun,  Zhengmin Wu,  Xin Tie, 
  • First Published: 03 December 2017
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Impact of Mesoscale Motions on Monin-Obukhov Similarity and Surface Energy Balance over a Homogeneous Surface

Yang Guo,  Hongchao Zuo, 
  • First Published: 28 November 2017
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Stratospheric Processes and Their Role in Climate

JianJun Xu,  K. Mohanakumar,  Dong Guo,  Yu Liu,  Jia Yue, 
  • First Published: 20 November 2017
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Contribution of Atmospheric Advection to the Amplified Winter Warming in the Arctic North Atlantic Region

Sandro Dahlke,  Marion Maturilli, 
  • First Published: 20 November 2017
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Study on the Variation of Terrestrial Water Storage and the Identification of Its Relationship with Hydrological Cycle Factors in the Tarim River Basin, China

Peng Yang,  Jun Xia,  Chesheng Zhan,  Yongyong Zhang,  Jie Chen, 
  • First Published: 20 November 2017
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Long-Term Variations of Temperature and Precipitation in the Megacity of Istanbul for the Development of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change

Hüseyin Toros,  Mohsen Abbasnia,  Mustafa Sagdic,  Mete Tayanç, 
  • First Published: 19 November 2017
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Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region

Naixing Luo,  Liping Zeng,  Wenshi Lin,  Fangzhou Li,  Baolin Jiang,  Jiangnan Li, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2017
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Corrigendum to “Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas”

Kyungtae Lee,  Huilin Gao,  Maoyi Huang,  Justin Sheffield,  Xiaogang Shi, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2017

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Seasonal Variations of the Urban Thermal Environment Effect in a Tropical Coastal City

Yao Yuan,  Chen Xi,  Qian Jing,  Ndayisaba Felix, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2017
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The Influences of the Model Configuration on the Simulation of Stratospheric Northern-Hemisphere Polar Vortex in the CMIP5 Models

Zelin Cai,  Ke Wei,  Luyang Xu,  Xiaoqing Lan,  Wen Chen,  Debashis Nath, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017
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A Case Study of Anomalous Snowfall with an Alberta Clipper

Scott M. Rochette,  Patrick S. Market,  Chad M. Gravelle,  Thomas A. Niziol, 
  • First Published: 31 October 2017
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Drought Trends in the Iberian Peninsula over the Last 112 Years

P. Páscoa,  C. M. Gouveia,  A. Russo,  R. M. Trigo, 
  • First Published: 31 October 2017
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Ecosystem Drought Response Timescales from Thermal Emission versus Shortwave Remote Sensing

Erika Andujar,  Nir Y. Krakauer,  Chuixiang Yi,  Felix Kogan, 
  • First Published: 25 October 2017
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Multiscale Dynamics of the February 11-12, 2010, Deep South US Snowstorm Event

Stephany M. Taylor,  Michael L. Kaplan,  Yuh-Lang Lin, 
  • First Published: 24 October 2017
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The Utility of the Bering Sea and East Asia Rules in Long-Range Forecasting

Joseph S. Renken,  Joshua J. Herman,  Travis R. Bradshaw,  Patrick S. Market,  Anthony R. Lupo, 
  • First Published: 22 October 2017
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Composition and Thermal Structure of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in a Penetrating Mesoscale Convective Complex Determined by Satellite Observations and Model Simulations

Chunhua Shi,  Wenyi Cai,  Dong Guo, 
  • First Published: 16 October 2017
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An Efficient T-S Assimilation Strategy Based on the Developed Argo-Extending Algorithm

Chaojie Zhou,  Xiaohua Ding,  Jie Zhang,  Jungang Yang,  Qiang Ma, 
  • First Published: 16 October 2017
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Spatiotemporal High-Resolution Cloud Mapping with a Ground-Based IR Scanner

Benjamin Brede,  Boris Thies,  Jörg Bendix,  Uwe Feister, 
  • First Published: 15 October 2017
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A Case Study of Offshore Advection of Boundary Layer Rolls over a Stably Stratified Sea Surface

Nina Svensson,  Erik Sahlée,  Hans Bergström,  Erik Nilsson,  Merete Badger,  Anna Rutgersson, 
  • First Published: 15 October 2017
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A Case Study of Mass Transport during the East-West Oscillation of the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone

Jiali Luo,  Jiayao Song,  Hongying Tian,  Lei Liu,  Xinlei Liang, 
  • First Published: 10 October 2017

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Climatic Characteristics and Determination Method for Freezing Rain in China

Yue Zhou,  Yanyu Yue,  Zhengxu Gao,  Yuehua Zhou, 
  • First Published: 08 October 2017
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Evaluating the Solar Slowly Varying Component at C-Band Using Dual- and Single-Polarization Weather Radars in Europe

M. Gabella,  A. Huuskonen,  M. Sartori,  I. Holleman,  M. Boscacci,  U. Germann, 
  • First Published: 08 October 2017
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Climate Change Impact on Monthly Precipitation Wet and Dry Spells in Arid Regions: Case Study over Wadi Al-Lith Basin

Mansour Almazroui,  Khaled S. Balkhair,  M. Nazrul Islam,  Zekai Şen, 
  • First Published: 04 October 2017
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Verification for Different Contrail Parameterizations Based on Integrated Satellite Observation and ECMWF Reanalysis Data

Jinglin Zhang,  Jian Shang,  Guoyu Zhang, 
  • First Published: 01 October 2017
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Comparison of the Long-Range Climate Memory in Outgoing Longwave Radiation over the Tibetan Plateau and the Indian Monsoon Region

Zhongping Shen,  Jun Shi,  Yadong Lei, 
  • First Published: 28 September 2017
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Downscaling of Open Coarse Precipitation Data through Spatial and Statistical Analysis, Integrating NDVI, NDWI, Elevation, and Distance from Sea

Hicham Ezzine,  Ahmed Bouziane,  Driss Ouazar,  Moulay Driss Hasnaoui, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2017
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A New Method for Evaporation Modeling: Dynamic Evolving Neural-Fuzzy Inference System

Ozgur Kisi,  Iman Mansouri,  Jong Wan Hu, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2017
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Separation of the Climatic and Land Cover Impacts on the Flow Regime Changes in Two Watersheds of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Linshan Yang,  Qi Feng,  Zhenliang Yin,  Ravinesh C. Deo,  Xiaohu Wen,  Jianhua Si,  Changbin Li, 
  • First Published: 26 September 2017
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Impact of Ozone Valley over the Tibetan Plateau on the South Asian High in CAM5

Zhenkun Li,  Hao Qin,  Dong Guo,  Shunwu Zhou,  Ying Huang,  Yucheng Su,  Linwei Wang,  Yang Sun, 
  • First Published: 26 September 2017
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Impacts of Microphysics Schemes and Topography on the Prediction of the Heavy Rainfall in Western Myanmar Associated with Tropical Cyclone ROANU (2016)

Khin Win Maw,  Jinzhong Min, 
  • First Published: 25 September 2017
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Probabilistic Interval Forecasts: An Individual Differences Approach to Understanding Forecast Communication

Margaret A. Grounds,  Susan Joslyn,  Kyoko Otsuka, 
  • First Published: 24 September 2017
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Comparison of Chebyshev and Legendre Polynomial Expansion of Phase Function of Cloud and Aerosol Particles

Feng Zhang,  Kun Liu,  Quan Yang,  Kun Wu,  Jian-Qi Zhao, 
  • First Published: 18 September 2017
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Cloud Base Height Estimation from ISCCP Cloud-Type Classification Applied to A-Train Data

Yao Liang,  Xuejin Sun,  Steven D. Miller,  Haoran Li,  Yongbo Zhou,  Riwei Zhang,  Shaohui Li, 
  • First Published: 14 September 2017
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Error Analysis and Evaluation of the Latest GSMap and IMERG Precipitation Products over Eastern China

Shaowei Ning,  Fan Song,  Parmeshwar Udmale,  Juliang Jin,  Bhesh Raj Thapa,  Hiroshi Ishidaira, 
  • First Published: 06 September 2017
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Extreme Precipitation and Floods: Monitoring, Modelling, and Forecasting

Zheng Duan,  Hongkai Gao,  Mouleong Tan, 
  • First Published: 30 August 2017
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Vegetation Dynamics and Their Response to Climatic Variability in China

Bowen Zhang,  Linli Cui,  Jun Shi,  Peipei Wei, 
  • First Published: 29 August 2017
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The Relationship between Polar Vortex and Ozone Depletion in the Antarctic Stratosphere during the Period 1979–2016

Yu Zhang,  Jing Li,  Libo Zhou, 
  • First Published: 29 August 2017
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Intercomparing the Response of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Temperature to Two Types of El Niño Onset

Shujie Chang,  Min Shao,  Chunhua Shi,  Hua Xu, 
  • First Published: 27 August 2017
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Quantifying Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Solar Radiation over the Northeast China Based on ACO-BPNN Model and Intensity Analysis

Xiangqian Li,  Zhijun Tong,  Enliang Guo,  Xiaolong Luo, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2017
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Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Separation from Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Data with Atmospheric Reanalysis Data and ISSTES Algorithm

Yu-Ze Zhang,  Xiao-Guang Jiang,  Hua Wu,  Ya-Zhen Jiang,  Zhao-Xia Liu,  Cheng Huang, 
  • First Published: 21 August 2017
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Monitoring Water Resources over the Kotmale Reservoir in Sri Lanka Using ENSO Phases

Sewwandhi Chandrasekara,  Venkatraman Prasanna,  Hyun-Han Kwon, 
  • First Published: 17 August 2017
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The Role of Rossby-Wave Propagation in a North American Extreme Cold Event

Chunhua Shi,  Ting Xu,  Hui Li,  Yannan Gao, 
  • First Published: 17 August 2017
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Spatial-Temporal Patterns and Controls of Evapotranspiration across the Tibetan Plateau (2000–2012)

Hao Zhang,  Jian Sun,  Junnan Xiong, 
  • First Published: 09 August 2017
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Geospatial Analysis of Extreme Weather Events in Nigeria (1985–2015) Using Self-Organizing Maps

Adeoluwa Akande,  Ana Cristina Costa,  Jorge Mateu,  Roberto Henriques, 
  • First Published: 09 August 2017
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Recognizing Dew as an Indicator and an Improver of Near-Surface Air Quality

Yingying Xu,  Xinyue Zhu, 
  • First Published: 06 August 2017
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The Advantage of Using International Multimodel Ensemble for Seasonal Precipitation Forecast over Israel

Amir Givati,  Mashor Housh,  Yoav Levi,  Dror Paz,  Itzhak Carmona,  Emily Becker, 
  • First Published: 31 July 2017
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Characteristics of Water Vapor in the UTLS over the Tibetan Plateau Based on AURA/MLS Observations

Yi Sun,  Quanliang Chen,  Ke Gui,  Fangyou Dong,  Xiao Feng,  Qichao Long, 
  • First Published: 31 July 2017
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Responses of Streamflow to Climate Change and Human Activities in a River Basin, Northeast China

Hanwen Zhang,  Wei Xu,  Xintong Xu,  Baohong Lu, 
  • First Published: 30 July 2017
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A Comparison of Thermal Growing Season Indices for the Northern China during 1961–2015

Linli Cui,  Jun Shi,  Yue Ma, 
  • First Published: 27 July 2017
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Effects of the Representation of Convection on the Modelling of Hurricane Tomas (2010)

Irene Marras,  Elisabetta Fiori,  Lauro Rossi,  Antonio Parodi, 
  • First Published: 26 July 2017
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Spatiotemporal Variation of Frost within Growing Periods

Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi,  Mphethe Isaac Tongwane, 
  • First Published: 26 July 2017
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Classifying Aerosols Based on Fuzzy Clustering and Their Optical and Microphysical Properties Study in Beijing, China

Wenhao Zhang,  Hui Xu,  Fengjie Zheng, 
  • First Published: 24 July 2017
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Identification of the Impacts of Climate Changes and Human Activities on Runoff in the Jinsha River Basin, China

Xiaowan Liu,  Dingzhi Peng,  Zongxue Xu, 
  • First Published: 20 July 2017
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Large-Scale Analysis of Relationships between Mineral Dust, Ice Cloud Properties, and Precipitation from Satellite Observations Using a Bayesian Approach: Theoretical Basis and First Results for the Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Lars Klüser,  Thomas Popp, 
  • First Published: 20 July 2017
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Surface Air Temperature Fluctuations and Lapse Rates on Olivares Gamma Glacier, Rio Olivares Basin, Central Chile, from a Novel Meteorological Sensor Network

Edward Hanna,  Sebastian H. Mernild,  Jacob C. Yde,  Simon de Villiers, 
  • First Published: 18 July 2017
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Corrigendum to “Spatiotemporal Variability and Trends of Extreme Precipitation in the Huaihe River Basin, a Climatic Transitional Zone in East China”

Zhengwei Ye,  Zonghua Li, 
  • First Published: 18 July 2017

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A Survey and Perspectives on Mathematical Models for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using Lightning

Carlos Manuel Minjarez-Sosa,  Julio Waissman, 
  • First Published: 17 July 2017
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Response of South American Terrestrial Ecosystems to Future Patterns of Sea Surface Temperature

Marcos Paulo Santos Pereira,  Marcos Heil Costa,  Flavio Justino,  Ana Cláudia Mendes Malhado, 
  • First Published: 17 July 2017
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Drought Characteristics in Song-Liao River Basin in China

Xiaojing Shen,  Xu Wu,  Xinmin Xie,  Zhenzhen Ma,  Meijian Yang, 
  • First Published: 13 July 2017
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A Quality Control Method Based on an Improved Random Forest Algorithm for Surface Air Temperature Observations

Xiaoling Ye,  Xing Yang,  Xiong Xiong,  Yunpei Shen,  Man Hao,  Rong Gu, 
  • First Published: 10 July 2017
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ANN Model-Based Simulation of the Runoff Variation in Response to Climate Change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Chang Juan,  Wang Genxu,  Mao Tianxu,  Sun Xiangyang, 
  • First Published: 09 July 2017
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The Effect of the Dry Line and Convective Initiation on Drought Evolution over Oklahoma during the 2011 Drought

Paul X. Flanagan,  Jeffrey B. Basara,  Bradley G. Illston,  Jason A. Otkin, 
  • First Published: 04 July 2017
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Evaluating the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis for Extreme Precipitation and Streamflow in Ganjiang River Basin, China

Shanshan Jiang,  Zengxin Zhang,  Yuhan Huang,  Xi Chen,  Sheng Chen, 
  • First Published: 29 June 2017
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Composites of Heavy Rain Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the Central United States

Laurel P. McCoy,  Patrick S. Market,  Chad M. Gravelle,  Charles E. Graves,  Neil I. Fox,  Scott M. Rochette,  Joshua Kastman,  Bohumil Svoma, 
  • First Published: 20 June 2017
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Precipitating Cloud Characteristics during Changma as Seen in TRMM PR Observations

Eun-Kyoung Seo,  Kyu-Myong Kim, 
  • First Published: 20 June 2017
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Statistical Downscaling of Temperature with the Random Forest Model

Bo Pang,  Jiajia Yue,  Gang Zhao,  Zongxue Xu, 
  • First Published: 15 June 2017
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The Contribution of Geomagnetic Activity to Polar Ozone Changes in the Upper Atmosphere

Cong Huang,  Fuxiang Huang,  Xiaoxin Zhang,  Dandan Liu,  Jingtian Lv, 
  • First Published: 14 June 2017
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Arctic-Mid-Latitude Linkages in a Nonlinear Quasi-Geostrophic Atmospheric Model

Dörthe Handorf,  Klaus Dethloff,  Sabine Erxleben,  Ralf Jaiser,  Michael V. Kurgansky, 
  • First Published: 13 June 2017
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Forest Evapotranspiration and Energy Flux Partitioning Based on Eddy Covariance Methods in an Arid Desert Region of Northwest China

Xiaohong Ma,  Qi Feng,  Yonghong Su,  Tengfei Yu,  Hua Jin, 
  • First Published: 12 June 2017
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On the Potential of 25 Years (1991–2015) of Rawinsonde Measurements for Elucidating Climatological and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Afternoon Boundary Layer Depths over the Contiguous US

Temple R. Lee,  Sandip Pal, 
  • First Published: 11 June 2017
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Brewer–Dobson Circulation: Recent-Past and Near-Future Trends Simulated by Chemistry-Climate Models

Dingzhu Hu,  Yipeng Guo,  Feiyang Wang,  Qi Xu,  Yuanpu Li,  Wenjun Sang,  Xudong Wang,  Meichen Liu, 
  • First Published: 11 June 2017
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The Influence of the Intermittent Behavior of the Nocturnal Atmospheric Flow on the Prediction of the Diurnal Temperature Range: A Simplified Model Analysis

Leandro L. Gonzales,  Felipe D. Costa,  Otávio C. Acevedo,  Daniel M. dos Santos,  Luiz E. Medeiros,  Arlindo D. Carvalho Junior,  Franciano S. Puhales,  Vagner Anabor,  Luis G. N. Martins,  Giuliano Demarco,  Gervásio A. Degrazia, 
  • First Published: 08 June 2017
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Improving Daytime Planetary Boundary Layer Height Determination from CALIOP: Validation Based on Ground-Based Lidar Station

Zhao Liu,  Augustin Mortier,  Zhengqiang Li,  Weizhen Hou,  Philippe Goloub,  Yang Lv,  Xingfeng Chen,  Donghui Li,  Kaitao Li,  Yisong Xie, 
  • First Published: 04 June 2017
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Corrigendum to “Reliability of MODIS Evapotranspiration Products for Heterogeneous Dry Forest: A Study Case of Caatinga”

Rodrigo de Queiroga Miranda,  Josiclêda Domiciano Galvíncio,  Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura,  Charles Allan Jones,  Raghavan Srinivasan, 
  • First Published: 04 June 2017

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Vertical Variation of Z-R Relationship at Hallasan Mountain during Typhoon Nakri in 2014

Chulsang Yoo,  Jung Mo Ku, 
  • First Published: 30 May 2017
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Drought Assessment and Projection under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Jinsha River Basin

Zhe Yuan,  Jijun Xu,  Jin Chen,  Junjun Huo,  Yangyue Yu,  Peter Locher,  Bin Xu, 
  • First Published: 30 May 2017
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Climatological Behavior of Precipitating Clouds in the Northeast Region of Brazil

Rayana Santos Araújo Palharini,  Daniel Alejandro Vila, 
  • First Published: 29 May 2017
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A Coupled 1D-2D Hydrodynamic Model for Urban Flood Inundation

Yuyan Fan,  Tianqi Ao,  Haijun Yu,  Guoru Huang,  Xiaodong Li, 
  • First Published: 23 May 2017
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Measuring Hydrometeors with a Precipitation Microphysical Characteristics Sensor: Calibration and Field Measurements

Yuntao Hu,  Xichuan Liu,  Taichang Gao,  Xiaojian Shu, 
  • First Published: 23 May 2017
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Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Assessment at School near the Steel Plant in Taranto (Italy)

A. Di Gilio,  G. Farella,  A. Marzocca,  R. Giua,  G. Assennato,  M. Tutino,  G. de Gennaro, 
  • First Published: 22 May 2017
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Regional Attenuation Correction of Weather Radar Using a Distributed Microwave-Links Network

Yang Xue,  Xi-chuan Liu,  Tai-chang Gao,  Chang-ye Yang,  Kun Song, 
  • First Published: 22 May 2017
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Exploration of Use of Copulas in Analysing the Relationship between Precipitation and Meteorological Drought in Beijing, China

Linlin Fan,  Hongrui Wang,  Cheng Wang,  Wenli Lai,  Yong Zhao, 
  • First Published: 16 May 2017
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Cold Outbreaks at the Mesoscale in the Western Mediterranean Basin: From Raincells to Rainbands

Jordi Mazon,  David Pino, 
  • First Published: 16 May 2017
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Hydrometeorological Applications: Severe Weather Precipitation Detection, Estimation, and Forecast

Youcun Qi,  Qing Cao,  Bin Yong,  Ke Zhang,  Zhe Li, 
  • First Published: 15 May 2017
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Corrigendum to “Mesoscale and Local Scale Evaluations of Quantitative Precipitation Estimates by Weather Radar Products during a Heavy Rainfall Event”

Basile Pauthier,  Benjamin Bois,  Thierry Castel,  D. Thévenin,  Carmela Chateau Smith,  Yves Richard, 
  • First Published: 10 May 2017

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Monitoring and Forecasting Air Pollution Levels by Exploiting Satellite, Ground-Based, and Synoptic Data, Elaborated with Regression Models

Silas Michaelides,  Dimitris Paronis,  Adrianos Retalis,  Filippos Tymvios, 
  • First Published: 07 May 2017
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Forecasting Drought Using Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Network Model

Zulifqar Ali,  Ijaz Hussain,  Muhammad Faisal,  Hafiza Mamona Nazir,  Tajammal Hussain,  Muhammad Yousaf Shad,  Alaa Mohamd Shoukry,  Showkat Hussain Gani, 
  • First Published: 02 May 2017
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Influence of the Anomalous Patterns of the Mascarene and Australian Highs on Precipitation during the Prerainy Season in South China

Xue Han,  Fengying Wei,  Xingrong Chen, 
  • First Published: 30 April 2017
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Dynamical Modulation of Wintertime Synoptic-Scale Cyclone Activity over the Japan Sea due to Changbai Mountain in the Korean Peninsula

Hiroyuki Shimizu,  Ryuichi Kawamura,  Tetsuya Kawano,  Satoshi Iizuka, 
  • First Published: 27 April 2017
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Sensitivity Evaluation of Spectral Nudging Schemes in Historical Dynamical Downscaling for South Asia

Mehwish Ramzan,  Suryun Ham,  Muhammad Amjad,  Eun-Chul Chang,  Kei Yoshimura, 
  • First Published: 27 April 2017
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A New Variational Assimilation Method Based on Gradient Information from Satellite Data

Bo Zhong,  Yun-Feng Wang,  Gang Ma,  Xin-Yuan Ma,  Lu Yang, 
  • First Published: 24 April 2017
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Impact of the Choice of Land Surface Scheme on a Simulated Heatwave Event: The Case of Sichuan-Chongqing Area, China

Y. Ma,  X.-M. Zeng,  Y. Zhang,  N. Wang,  Y. Zheng,  G. Wang,  C. Chen, 
  • First Published: 18 April 2017
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Two Different Integration Methods for Weather Radar-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimation

Jing Ren,  Yong Huang,  Li Guan,  Jie Zhou, 
  • First Published: 11 April 2017
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Response of Extreme Precipitation to Solar Activity and El Nino Events in Typical Regions of the Loess Plateau

H. J. Li,  J. E. Gao,  H. C. Zhang,  Y. X. Zhang,  Y. Y. Zhang, 
  • First Published: 10 April 2017
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An Improved Clutter Suppression Method for Weather Radars Using Multiple Pulse Repetition Time Technique

Yingjie Yu,  Yong Li, 
  • First Published: 09 April 2017
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Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products and Their Potential Influence on Hydrological Modeling over the Ganzi River Basin of the Tibetan Plateau

Alaa Alden Alazzy,  Haishen Lü,  Rensheng Chen,  Abubaker B. Ali,  Yonghua Zhu,  Jianbin Su, 
  • First Published: 30 March 2017
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Satellite Observations of the Seasonal Evolution of Total Precipitable Water Vapour over the Mediterranean Sea

J. L. Palau,  F. Rovira,  M. J. Sales, 
  • First Published: 29 March 2017
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The Effects of Sandstorms on the Climate of Northwestern China

Tiantian Hu,  Di Wu,  Yaohui Li,  Chenghai Wang, 
  • First Published: 28 March 2017
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Temporal and Spatial Evolution Features of Precipitable Water in China during a Recent 65-Year Period (1951–2015)

Hao Wang,  Jianxin He, 
  • First Published: 26 March 2017
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An Analysis of Tropical Cold-Point Tropopause Warming in 1999

Yuanyuan Han,  Fei Xie,  Shiyan Zhang,  Ruhua Zhang,  Feiyang Wang,  Jiankai Zhang, 
  • First Published: 26 March 2017
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Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes on Water Resources in the Taoer River

Jianwei Liu,  Can Zhang,  Limin Kou,  Qiang Zhou, 
  • First Published: 23 March 2017
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Quantifying the Spatial Variations of Hyporheic Water Exchange at Catchment Scale Using the Thermal Method: A Case Study in the Weihe River, China

Junlong Zhang,  Jinxi Song,  Yongqing Long,  Yan Zhang,  Bo Zhang,  Yuqi Wang,  Yuanyuan Wang, 
  • First Published: 21 March 2017
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Applications of Cluster Analysis and Pattern Recognition for Typhoon Hourly Rainfall Forecast

Fu-Ru Lin,  Nan-Jing Wu,  Ting-Kuei Tsay, 
  • First Published: 21 March 2017
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Meteorological Drought Index Mapping in Bangladesh Using Standardized Precipitation Index during 1981–2010

Md. Anarul Haque Mondol,  Iffat Ara,  Subash Chandra Das, 
  • First Published: 20 March 2017
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Interdecadal Changes in the Freeze Depth and Period of Frozen Soil on the Three Rivers Source Region in China from 1960 to 2014

Siqiong Luo,  Xuewei Fang,  Shihua Lyu,  Qi Jiang,  Jingyuan Wang, 
  • First Published: 19 March 2017
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Mapping of Maize Growing Period over the Free State Province of South Africa: Heat Units Approach

Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi, 
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Modeling Temperature and Pricing Weather Derivatives Based on Temperature

Birhan Taştan,  Azize Hayfavi, 
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Regional Frequency Analysis of Extremes Precipitation Using L-Moments and Partial L-Moments

Said Arab Khan,  Ijaz Hussain,  Tajammal Hussain,  Muhammad Faisal,  Yousaf Shad Muhammad,  Alaa Mohamd Shoukry, 
  • First Published: 07 March 2017
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Development and Assessment of the Sand Dust Prediction Model by Utilizing Microwave-Based Satellite Soil Moisture and Reanalysis Datasets in East Asian Desert Areas

Hyunglok Kim,  Muhammad Zohaib,  Eunsang Cho,  Yann H. Kerr,  Minha Choi, 
  • First Published: 07 March 2017
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Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas

Kyungtae Lee,  Huilin Gao,  Maoyi Huang,  Justin Sheffield,  Xiaogang Shi, 
  • First Published: 06 March 2017

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An Integrated Method of Multiradar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Based on Cloud Classification and Dynamic Error Analysis

Yong Huang,  Huijuan Liu,  Yun Yao,  Ting Ni,  Yan Feng, 
  • First Published: 05 March 2017
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Seasonal Multifactor Modelling of Weighted-Mean Temperature for Ground-Based GNSS Meteorology in Hunan, China

Li Li,  Suqin Wu,  Xiaoming Wang,  Ying Tian,  Changyong He,  Kefei Zhang, 
  • First Published: 02 March 2017
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Statistical Comparison of Cloud and Aerosol Vertical Properties between Two Eastern China Regions Based on CloudSat/CALIPSO Data

Yujun Qiu,  Jing Wang,  Keran Yang, 
  • First Published: 02 March 2017
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Analysis of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Isolated Rainstorm Events in Huai River Basin, China

Simin Liu,  Hao Wang,  Denghua Yan,  Qingfu Ren,  Duo Wang,  Boya Gong, 
  • First Published: 01 March 2017
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Disaggregation of Annual to Monthly Streamflow: A Case Study of Kızılırmak Basin (Turkey)

Shatha H. D. Al-Zakar,  N. Şarlak,  Omar M. A. Mahmood Agha, 
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Assessment of Wave Energy in the South China Sea Based on GIS Technology

Gang Lin,  Long Tan Shao,  Chong Wei Zheng,  Xiao Bin Chen,  Li Feng Zeng,  Zhi Hong Liu,  Rong Bo Li,  Wei Lai Shi, 
  • First Published: 20 February 2017
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Relation between the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Impact Factors under Severe Surface Thermal Conditions

Yinhuan Ao,  Jiangang Li,  Zhaoguo Li,  Shihua Lyu,  Cailian Jiang,  Minzhong Wang, 
  • First Published: 20 February 2017
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Temporal and Spatial Changes in Snow Cover and the Corresponding Radiative Forcing Analysis in Siberia from the 1970s to the 2010s

Lingxue Yu,  Tingxiang Liu,  Shuwen Zhang, 
  • First Published: 19 February 2017
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Assessment of Rainfall Intensity Equations Enlisted in the Egyptian Code for Designing Potable Water and Sewage Networks

Ayman G. Awadallah,  Mostafa Magdy,  Ehab Helmy,  Ehab Rashed, 
  • First Published: 16 February 2017
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A Comparative Frequency Analysis of Maximum Daily Rainfall for a SE Asian Region under Current and Future Climate Conditions

Velautham Daksiya,  Pradeep Mandapaka,  Edmond Y. M. Lo, 
  • First Published: 15 February 2017
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Application of Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling to East Asian Summer Precipitation for Finely Resolved Datasets

Yoo-Bin Yhang,  Soo-Jin Sohn,  Il-Won Jung, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2017
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Urban Aerodynamic Roughness Length Mapping Using Multitemporal SAR Data

Fengli Zhang,  Minmin Sha,  Guojun Wang,  Zhikun Li,  Yun Shao, 
  • First Published: 31 January 2017
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Spatiotemporal Variability and Trends of Extreme Precipitation in the Huaihe River Basin, a Climatic Transitional Zone in East China

Zhengwe Ye,  Zonghua Li, 
  • First Published: 30 January 2017

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Hydrological Evaluation of Satellite Soil Moisture Data in Two Basins of Different Climate and Vegetation Density Conditions

Lu Zhuo,  Dawei Han, 
  • First Published: 29 January 2017
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Assessing the Impacts of the 2009/2010 Drought on Vegetation Indices, Normalized Difference Water Index, and Land Surface Temperature in Southwestern China

Xiaoqiang Zhang,  Yasushi Yamaguchi,  Fei Li,  Bin He,  Yaning Chen, 
  • First Published: 24 January 2017
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Reliability of MODIS Evapotranspiration Products for Heterogeneous Dry Forest: A Study Case of Caatinga

Rodrigo de Queiroga Miranda,  Josiclêda Domiciano Galvíncio,  Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura,  Charles Allan Jones,  Raghavan Srinivasan, 
  • First Published: 24 January 2017

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Early Detection of Baby-Rain-Cell Aloft in a Severe Storm and Risk Projection for Urban Flash Flood

Eiichi Nakakita,  Hiroto Sato,  Ryuta Nishiwaki,  Hiroyuki Yamabe,  Kosei Yamaguchi, 
  • First Published: 22 January 2017
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Improving Accuracy of River Flow Forecasting Using LSSVR with Gravitational Search Algorithm

Rana Muhammad Adnan,  Xiaohui Yuan,  Ozgur Kisi,  Rabia Anam, 
  • First Published: 19 January 2017
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Study on Water Storage Change and Its Consideration in Water Balance in the Mountain Regions over Arid Northwest China

Min Xu, 
  • First Published: 19 January 2017
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Observing and Modeling the Vertical Wind Profile at Multiple Sites in and above the Amazon Rain Forest Canopy

Raoni Aquino Silva de Santana,  Cléo Quaresma Dias-Júnior,  Roseilson Souza do Vale,  Júlio Tóta,  David Roy Fitzjarrald, 
  • First Published: 18 January 2017
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Statistical Downscaling and Projection of Future Air Temperature Changes in Yunnan Province, China

Jiaxu Liu,  Sujing Chen,  Lijuan Li,  Jiuyi Li, 
  • First Published: 17 January 2017
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Recent Decadal Trend in the North Atlantic Wind Energy Resources

Chong Wei Zheng,  Chong Yin Li,  Xin Li, 
  • First Published: 09 January 2017
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Numerical Simulations of Fog Events in Southern Portugal

Carlos Policarpo,  Rui Salgado,  Maria João Costa, 
  • First Published: 05 January 2017
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Numerical Simulation of Sea Breeze Convergence over Antarctic Peninsula

Alcimoni Nelci Comin,  Otávio Costa Acevedo, 
  • First Published: 04 January 2017
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A New Vortex Initialization Scheme Coupled with WRF-ARW

Jimmy Chi Hung Fung,  Guangze Gao, 
  • First Published: 03 January 2017
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Numerical Simulation of Surface Energy and Water Balances over a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem in the West African Savanna

Emmanuel Quansah,  Genki Katata,  Matthias Mauder,  Thompson Annor,  Leonard K. Amekudzi,  Jan Bliefernicht,  Dominikus Heinzeller,  Ahmed A. Balogun,  Harald Kunstmann, 
  • First Published: 03 January 2017
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Drought Hazard Evaluation in Boro Paddy Cultivated Areas of Western Bangladesh at Current and Future Climate Change Conditions

Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam,  Shuanghe Shen,  Zhenghua Hu,  M. Atiqur Rahman, 
  • First Published: 02 January 2017