Abstract: Vegetation root distribution is one of the factors that determine the overall water holding capacity of the land surface and the relative rates of water extraction from different soil layers for vegetation transpiration. ...

Abstract: Failure of gravity quay walls induced by earthquakes has been widely observed in the field. This paper studies the behavior of gravity quay walls under earthquake loading using data from three centrifuge tests. Failure ...

Abstract: After several indirect exchanges with the opponents making similar accusations, I appreciate being offered a chance of a direct rebuttal to the charges from Bejan himself. I would like to precede our discussion following ...

Abstract: An analysis is provided to explain the sensitivity of regional climate to tropical deforestation based on an intermediate-level mechanistic model for land?atmosphere interaction. The analytical framework is made possible ...

Abstract: An analysis is provided to explain the sensitivity of regional climate to tropical deforestation based on an intermediate-level mechanistic model for land?atmosphere interaction. The analytical framework is made possible ...

Abstract: The relationship of monthly precipitation P to precipitable water w and cloud-top temperature as represented by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Precipitation Index (GPI) is obtained over tropical ...

Abstract: Recently, the artificial neural network has experienced a surge in popularity and is now one of the most rapidly expanding areas of research across many disciplines. The main reason is in its ...

Abstract: The concept and applications of weather derivatives and weather insurance are introduced. Proper analysis of these financial instruments requires both statistical knowledge and thorough understanding of the physical weather ...

Abstract: Based on the experimental and the calculated results, the differences and similarities of ignition characteristics for different gasoline surrogate fuels have been investigated in this paper. The results show that the ...