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Shu Wu, Momcilo Markus, David Lorenz, James R. Angel and Kevin Grady
Many studies have projected that as the climate changes, the magnitudes of extreme precipitation events in the Northeastern United States are likely to continue increasing, regardless of the emission scenario. To examine this issue, we analyzed observed ...
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Huiying Ren, Z. Jason Hou, Mark Wigmosta, Ying Liu and L. Ruby Leung
Changes in extreme precipitation events may require revisions of civil engineering standards to prevent water infrastructures from performing below the designated guidelines. Climate change may invalidate the intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) computatio...
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Rafiu Oyelakin, Wenyu Yang and Peter Krebs
Fitting probability distribution functions to observed data is the standard way to compute future design floods, but may not accurately reflect the projected future pattern of extreme events related to climate change. In applying the latest coupled model...
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Georgia-Maria Nteve, Stefanos Kostas, Alexios N. Polidoros, Panagiotis Madesis and Irini Nianiou-Obeidat
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a crop of enormous economic and cultural importance. Over the years, the worldwide production of olive oil has been decreasing due to various biotic and abiotic factors. The current drop in olive oil production resulting from ...
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Isabel P. Pais, Rita Moreira, Ana Rita Coelho, José N. Semedo, Fernando H. Reboredo, José Coutinho, Fernando C. Lidon, Benvindo Maçãs and Paula Scotti-Campos
Changes in the climate have led to the occurrence of extreme events that threaten the production of major crops, namely that of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Waterlogging imposed at the tillering stage can severely affect the yield, but several gen...
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Gamil Gamal, Pavol Nejedlik and Ahmed M. El Kenawy
Understanding long-term variations in precipitation is crucial for identifying the effects of climate change and addressing hydrological and water management issues. This study examined the trends of the mean and four extreme precipitation indices, which...
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Yuanyuan Xiang, Ruiyin Cheng, Mingyu Wang and Yimin Ding
The synchronicity of rain and heat in the summer of China?s monsoon region provides sufficient water and heat resources for maize growth. However, the intra-annual distribution of precipitation and the probability of extreme precipitation have been inevi...
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Hans-Uwe Dahms, Subramani Thirunavukkarasu and Jiang-Shiou Hwang
It is claimed that oceanic hydrothermal vents (HVs), particularly the shallow water ones, offer particular advantages to better understand the effects of future climate and other global change on oceanic biota. Marine hydrothermal vents (HVs) are extreme...
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Lukasz Gruss, Miroslaw Wiatkowski, Maksymilian Polomski, Lukasz Szewczyk and Pawel Tomczyk
Climate change and extreme weather events have the potential to increase the occurrences of flooding and hydrological droughts. Dam reservoir operation can mitigate or aggravate this impact. This study aims to evaluate the influence of the planned Kamien...
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Huashuai Liu, Fan Yang and Hongchuan Wang
Climate change poses higher requirements on ocean engineering design, and reasonable estimation of design wave heights plays a crucial role in coastal protection and offshore engineering. Extreme value analysis is widely used in frequency calculations of...
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