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Rainfall : behavior, forecasting, and distribution /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc,
c2012.
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| Colección: | Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- RAINFALL: BEHAVIOR, FORECASTING AND DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL: BEHAVIOR, FORECASTING AND DISTRIBUTION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: COPING WITH RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN NORTHERN TANZANIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; LOCAL CONTEXT; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; RESULT AND DISCUSSION; Rainfall Variability and Shocks to Household Income; Household Coping Strategies; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND CHANGES IN BANGLADESH DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY; 2.1. Data.
- 2.2. Data Quality Control2.3. Methodology; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3. 1. Spatial Variability of Rainfall over Bangladesh; 3.2. Aridity Indices; 3.3. Inter-Annual Variability of Rainfall; 3.4. Intra-Annual Distribution of Rainfall; 3.5. Trend of Rainfall; 3.6. Trends in Precipitation Concentration Indices; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS FOR FORECASTING TIME SERIES FROM CUMULATIVE MONTHLY RAINFALL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Motivations; Forecast Problem Statement; METHODS; Samples of Mackey Glass Equation; Overview on Fractional Brownian Motion; ANN-Based NAR Model.
- Performance Measure for ForecastingCASE 1; Set-Up of Model and Learning Process; Prediction Results for the MG and Santa Francisca Time Series; CASE 2; Sub-Sampling General Description; Methodology Proposed; Proposed Solution; Model Setup and Adjustment Process; Results of the Test with MG Series; Comments and Remarks; CASE 3; Approximation by Primitive; Model Setup and Adjustment Process; Prediction Results with MG and Santa Francisca Time Series; Comments and Remarks; OBTAINED RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 4: LONG TERM AND INTERANNUAL RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN ARGENTINEAN CHACO PLAIN REGIONABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY; 3. LONG TERM AND OTHER RAINFALL VARIABILITY; 4. ANALYSIS OF INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF SUMMER RAINFALL; 5. CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CHACO PLAIN REGION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: RAINFALL AND WATER QUALITY ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WATER QUALITY; 3. IMPACT OF RAINFALL ON URBAN WATER CYCLE(FROM WASTEWATER TO THE ENVIRONMENT); 4. RAINFALL AND WATER RESOURCE(QUALITY MODIFICATION OF NATURAL WATER); 5. IMPACT ON DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION.
- CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; Chapter 6: STUDY OF WET SCAVENGING OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS USING 222RN DECAY PRODUCTS IN RAINWATER; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MEASUREMENT OF CONCENTRATIONS OF222RN DECAYPRODUCTS IN RAINWATER; 2.1. Previous Study; 2.2. Measurement in This Study; 2.3. Results and Discussion; 3. SCAVENGING MODEL OF ATMOSPHERIC222RN DECAYPRODUCTS BY RAINFALL; 3.1. Previous Study; 3.2. Model in This Study; 3.3. Results and Discussion; 4. ANALYSIS OF INCREASE IN ENVIRONMENTAL GAMMA-RAYDOSE RATE BY RAINFALL; REFERENCES.