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Large-scale urbanization effects on eastern Asian summer monsoon circulation and climate
Impacts of large-scale urbanization over eastern China on East Asian summer monsoon circulation and climate are investigated by comparing three 25-year climate simulations with and without incorporating modifi...
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Spatio-temporal characteristics of the extreme precipitation by L-moment-based index-flood method in the Yangtze River Delta region, China
The regionalization methods, which “trade space for time” by pooling information from different locations in the frequency analysis, are efficient tools to enhance the reliability of extreme quantile estimates...
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Open AccessDivergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate
The 170 National Forests and Grasslands (NFs) in the conterminous United States are public lands that provide important ecosystem services such as clean water and timber supply to the American people. This stu...
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Open AccessA new cost-effective method to mitigate ammonia loss from intensive cattle feedlots: application of lignite
In open beef feedlot systems, more than 50% of dietary nitrogen (N) is lost as ammonia (NH3). Here we report an effective and economically-viable method to mitigate NH3 emissions by the application of lignite. We...
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The spatial and temporal analysis of precipitation concentration and dry spell in Qinghai, northwest China
Understanding precipitation variations from various aspects is important for the assessment of drought risk and the utilization of water resources. The precipitation concentration index (PCI) and the concentra...
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Changing characteristics of precipitation during 1960–2012 in Inner Mongolia, northern China
Based on daily precipitation records at 46 meteorological stations in Inner Mongolia, northern China, the space and time changes in precipitation characteristics are analyzed by defining 15 precipitation indic...
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Effects of climate change on the economic output of the Long**g-43 tea tree, 1972–2013
Based on phenological and economic output models established and meteorological data from 1972 to 2013, changes in the phenology, frost risk, and economic output of the Long**g-43 tea tree in the Yuezhou Long...
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A comprehensive computational methodology to study the coupling dynamics of a geared multibody system supported by ElastoHydroDynamic (EHD) lubricated cylindrical joints is proposed throughout this work. The g...
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Open AccessMeasurement and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions from a high nitrogen input vegetable system
The emission and mitigation of nitrous oxide (N2O) from high nitrogen (N) vegetable systems is not well understood. Nitrification inhibitors are widely used to decrease N2O emissions in many crop** systems. How...
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Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation indices during 1961–2010 in Hunan Province, central south China
Based on daily precipitation records at 75 meteorological stations in Hunan Province, central south China, the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation indices is analyzed during 1961–2010. For precip...
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The response of rbcL, rbcS and rca genes in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) to growth and induction light intensity
Low light is one of the most important factors affecting cucumber growth in winter solar greenhouses in northern China. Whether induction light intensity has an effect on expressions of rbcL, rbcS and rca genes i...
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Uncertainty in land surface temperature simulation over China by CMIP3/CMIP5 models
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Longitudinal monitoring of tumor antiangiogenic therapy with near-infrared fluorophore-labeled agents targeted to integrin αvβ3 and vascular endothelial growth factor
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Precipitation and Dryness/Wetness During 1961–2008 in Sichuan Province, West China
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We analyze the pick beginning date and frost damage risk trends of Jiukeng, Long**g-43, and Wuniuzao tea trees with time, using meteorological data from 12 station pairs over the period 1971–2010 in the Longj...
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Open AccessHotspots of the sensitivity of the land surface hydrological cycle to climate change
Due to the shortage of the global observational data of the terrestrial hydrological variables, the understanding of how surface hydrological processes respond to climate change is still limited. In this study...
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Detection of trends in precipitation during 1960–2008 in Jiangxi province, southeast China
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Effects of climate change on annual streamflow using climate elasticity in Poyang Lake Basin, China
Hydrological processes depend directly on climate conditions [e.g., precipitation, potential evapotranspiration (PE)] based on the water balance. This paper examines streamflow datasets at four hydrological stati...
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This paper proposes a method to design freezing damage policy-based agricultural insurance contracts for tea trees (an economic crop) in the Zhejiang Province of China, using a weather index. Data of economic ...
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Simulation of extreme precipitation indices in the Yangtze River basin by using statistical downscaling method (SDSM)
In this study, the applicability of the statistical downscaling model (SDSM) in modeling five extreme precipitation indices including R10 (no. of days with precipitation ≥10 mm day−1), SDI (simple daily intensity...
