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Drought and Water Cruises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues - Chapter 13 pptx
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11/08/2014, 17:20
... only one piece of information they used, combining it with natural indicators and sources of information used in the past Decisions were still very conservative If they say it is going to be a dry ... changes in planning for the timing of seeding, spraying times, planting rates, the type of crops planted, and the number of stock purchased However, they stressed that the seasonal forecasting was ... forecasting into water management decision To test the likeliness of farmers to use the seasonal forecasting tools, we conducted a series of ten semistructured, scoping interviews The interviewees...
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CLIMATE VARIABILITY – SOME ASPECTS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS doc
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29/06/2014, 09:20
... of the experiments and the indexes are in the Appendix The ensemble W is the same as the standard GLACE experiment, while in ensemble S the soil moisture in all the soil layers is replaced, instead ... Although the above experiment shows the dominant role of the AGCMs in land-atmosphere coupling, it is still uncertain what are the roles of land and atmosphere in the coupling because the characteristics ... shown in Fig (as the last number in right column) They are generally weaker than the correlation with p , indicating that something other than the low-frequency external forcing is playing an...
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CLIMATE VARIABILITY – SOME ASPECTS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS docx
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29/06/2014, 16:20
... of the experiments and the indexes are in the Appendix The ensemble W is the same as the standard GLACE experiment, while in ensemble S the soil moisture in all the soil layers is replaced, instead ... Although the above experiment shows the dominant role of the AGCMs in land-atmosphere coupling, it is still uncertain what are the roles of land and atmosphere in the coupling because the characteristics ... shown in Fig (as the last number in right column) They are generally weaker than the correlation with p , indicating that something other than the low-frequency external forcing is playing an...
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Tài liệu Megacities and Climate Change ppt
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19/01/2014, 17:20
... for the eThewini Municipality – City of Durban Her interest lies in areas of: sustainable integrated development planning, policymaking, integrating local knowledge into planning processes, integrated ... infiltration and increased runoff The current problems with water are critical and increasingly becoming the source of conflict as inhabitants of the MAMC and its surrounding basins have diminishing ... not just the buildings themselves which use energy it’s also the end -use technologies within buildings which need improving Many innovations in end -use technologies such as air conditioning and...
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Tài liệu Air Pollution and Climate Change at Contrasting Altitude and Latitude docx
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17/02/2014, 10:20
... sulphate soil The leaching of DOC from the tree canopies clearly started earlier in the spring and ceased later in the autumn in S Finland than in N Finland, and the DOC concentrations in TF were ... Rovaniemi, Finland Corresponding author: Antti-Jussi Lindroos (antti.lindroos@metla.fi) In Finland, there is large variation in climatic conditions in different parts of the country In northern Finland, ... to the following indicators: 1) the nitrogen status in terms of mineral nutrition of the forest stand, based on foliar analyses; 2) the nitrogen status in the soil, including nitrate leaching...
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Tài liệu Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information docx
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19/02/2014, 09:20
... Flooding is a common problem during the spring in many of the western U.S river basins The Red River of the North Basin, located in North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States and southern ... included: (1) flooding and wind damages in California, (2) increased tornadic activity in the South, (3) heavy rain events in Texas and Florida, (4) unusual winter storms in the High Plains in ... abide by in the dissemination of NWS warnings and statements Also, the AMS might help raise understanding within the forecasting community of the importance of discussing uncertainty in forecasts,...
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BONDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THE STATE OF THE MARKET IN 2012 pdf
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06/03/2014, 04:20
... estimate of the outstanding global bond market size linked to key climate change themes, and examines future drivers and trends in the short term In spite of the financial crisis, institutional investor ... introducing greater refinancing Bonds and Climate Change www.climatebonds.net June 2012 this is the year the Kyoto Protocol came into force and the climate change agenda gained prominence The use ... fixed income investments, December 2011 “Investor interest in the links between bonds and climate change is growing” risk.3 In addition, changing asset allocation strategies are generating greater...
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Livestock and Climate Change What if the key actors in climate change are…cows, pigs, and chickens? docx
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08/03/2014, 09:20
... under the Kyoto Protocol Indeed, since part of the carbon consumed is stored in the live tissue of the growing animal, a growing global herd could even be considered a carbon sink The standing ... advertising, having less-ingrained habits than adults, and often seek to catch the wave of a new trend Parents often join in eating a fast food meal or other food product that their children insist ... those in most other food manufacturing projects, but the risks would be mitigated by the fact that much of the necessary infrastructure (such as for growing and processing grains) already exists The...
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Air pollution and Climate Change - Report from a workshop under the Swedish EU Presidency doc
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15/03/2014, 16:20
... controls in one sector or the other Obviously the importance of sectors depends strongly on where they emit E.g., in 2000 the dominant sectors emitting BC were; in India: domestic (biofuel use) , in ... protect the Arctic Recomendations for research • Reducing the uncertainty on aerosol forcing would help in reducing the uncertainty on the climate sensitivity The latter prevents us form making more ... meet (including the UNEP Governing Council, the Arctic Council, the Executive Body of the LRTAP Convention, the Intergovernmental Body of the Malé Declaration, and others) This creates a window...
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Minnesota; Its Character and Climate pdf
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15/03/2014, 20:20
... are the invigorating and healthful winds, sweeping away the miasma of the hot season, cooling the atmosphere, and preserving equability throughout the year Then there are other matters; the drainage ... following statistics, showing the average number of deaths from consumption in the following States to be One in 254 in Massachusetts, One in 473 in New York, One in 757 in Virginia, One in 1139 in ... existing at Utica, and, indeed, at all points in the variable-climatic district, whether north or south of either the thermal lines or latitudes in which Minnesota rests "There is no rain falling...
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THE KYSER CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH 2012-2013 ECONOMIC FORECAST AND INDUSTRY OUTLOOK pdf
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15/03/2014, 21:20
... businesses at no cost, including coordinating site searches, securing incentives and permits, and identifying traditional and nontraditional financing including industrial development bonds The ... health insurance should diminish as the economy improves Indeed, things are moving in the right direction The deficit should fall to an even $1 trillion this year, and drop in the coming years as the ... China undergoes its most significant leadership transition (November 2012) in the past decade With that in mind, maintaining strong economic growth and maintaining social stability will be the...
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Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change docx
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19/03/2014, 16:20
... pursue, including engaging and educating their employees, integrating their adaptation strategy into core business processes, building capacity and resources, and working with their supply chain partners ... without having to sell off productive assets to survive Since the launch of the project in 2008, participation in the insurance scheme has rapidly increased, from an initial 200 households in the first ... and water shortages due to intensity of use; rainfall and flooding creates risk of overflow of storage reservoirs containing contaminants • Increasing regulatory pressure will impact the steel industry...
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Targeted Monitoring of Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity doc
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23/03/2014, 00:20
... 2050 from the baseline The definitions used were: • • • summer rainfall: the sum of rainfall in the months of June, July and August; rest of year rainfall: the sum of rainfall for the months ... again The depth of sampling would be determined by the sensitivity of the indicator, the process required for analysis and compatibility with other monitoring programmes, and is outlined in Table ... variables used 35 3.3 Power to detect differences in trend in total butterfly indices 37 3.4 Power to detect differences in trend in total bird indices 38 3.5 Power to detect differences in trend in...
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Urban Air Pollution and Climate Change as Environmental Risk Factors of Respiratory Allergy: An Update potx
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23/03/2014, 02:20
... Evidence for an increase in atopic disease and possible causes Clin Exp Allergy 1993;23:484-92 Woolcock AJ, Peat JK Evidence for the increase in asthma worldwide In The rising trend in asthma” Ciba ... humans and modulate the in ammatory process in the airway In other words, DEPs seem to exert an adjuvant immunological effect on IgE synthesis in atopic subjects, thereby in uencing sensitization ... D’Amato, et al Introduction A dramatic increase in the prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases such as rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma has been observed during the last decades in industrialized...
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Waste management options and climate change doc
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23/03/2014, 23:21
... POLICY IN THE EU Waste management policy in the EU enshrines the principles of sustainable development in the familiar waste management hierarchy, which underpins policy in this area The hierarchy ... for marketing See Appendix for further information • Recycling Recycling diverts components of the waste stream for reusing the materials contained within them Provided the greenhouse gas impacts ... untreated waste (baseline option) Thermal treatments Thermal treatments incineration incineration advanced thermal conversion advanced thermal conversion co-incineration co-incineration Landfill...
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Báo cáo " Balance of rice for the Mekong Delta - Viet Nam to 2050 in terms of industrialization and climate change '''' doc
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24/03/2014, 01:21
... 3.2 Analysis the changes of elements in the model In the original script of the model using actual values of the elements obtained from the secondary resources from the provinces and the primary ... crops However, the effects of industrialization, the process of economic restructuring in the sector has continued, these will make the region's rice area decline markedly Meanwhile, in the long-term, ... land in association with the overall planning of land use in other fields toward developing harmoniously agriculture and According to the original script of the model, rural development with the...
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Forest Management and Climate Change: a literature review pdf
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31/03/2014, 13:20
... ascertain the extent and content of the existing natural and planted forests On the other hand, increasing temperatures, longer dry seasons and increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere in the ... reducing the system’s inherent adaptive capacity (Amato et al., 2011) A noted change in forest management in the light of climate change has therefore been an increased interest in maintaining ... combination with a number of environmental and human factors Continuous monitoring of the forests is critical to providing insight into these interactions Maintaining forest health and vitality The...
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Asean Biodiversity: Biodiversity and Climate Change pdf
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03/04/2014, 03:20
... and the threats they face Other Interests There are many interesting sights and hill tribe villages on the fringes of the Park in Kon Tum province The Seminary, the Ethnic Hilltribe Museum, the ... neutralize the effect of in- creased traffic, and the growth in emissions is likely to continue in the coming decades In 2006, the EC proposed to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme The ... around the world since the early 1970s They range from earlier springs in Britain and the movement north of insects and birds in Europe to avoid warmer weather, to changes in the hunting behavior...
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