Heavy Rainfall
Moist Potential Vorticity Vector for Diagnosis of Heavy Rainfall Events in Tanzania
... Heavy rainfall events, among other factors are triggered by transport and convection of large volume of water ...of heavy rainfall ...the rainfall for- mation: the dynamics via the ...
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Atmospheric energy conversion characteristics of heavy rainfall in Sindh during the 2011 monsoon
... The South Asian monsoon is characterized by seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with asymmetric heating of land and sea. Northern and central parts of the Indian subcontinent heat up ...
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Numerical simulation of a heavy rainfall event over Portugal using mesoscale model
... causing heavy rainfall, hail and snow in the central and northern regions of Continental Portugal from 11 to 13 March ...for rainfall formation during the episode and the model simulated in a quite ...
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Climate Change and Heavy Rainfall Related Water Damage Insurance Claims and Losses in Ontario, Canada
... on heavy rainfall-related water damage insurance claims and incurred losses for four selected cites (Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Ottawa, and Toronto) located at Ontario, ...and rainfall simulations, ...
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Assessment of spatial uncertainty of heavy rainfall at catchment scale using a dense gauge network
... studying rainfall uncertainty and ...10-year rainfall measurements from a network of 150 rain gauges, WegenerNet (WEGN), we as- sess the spatial uncertainty in observed heavy rainfall ...in ...
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Brief communication “Climatic covariates for the frequency analysis of heavy rainfall in the Mediterranean region”
... that heavy rainfall events in the study area were linked with the presence of moist and warm air associated with a strong, convergent southeasterly low-level flow (Joly et ...
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An Easterly Wave Generated Heavy Rainfall Event over South India—A Case Study
... Isentropic PV is conserved for adiabatic and frictionless flow is a useful tracer of synoptic-scale disturbances. Especially maximum PV on the 315˚K potential temperature is one of the best tools to identify the waves. ...
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Serological evidence of rift valley fever virus among acute febrile patients in Southern Mozambique during and after the 2013 heavy rainfall and flooding: implication for the management of febrile illness
... vulnerable country in Africa to extreme weather events. Indeed the frequency of floods increased in the last two decades [13] and it is well known that outbreaks of RVFV commonly coincide with periods of heavy ...
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A methodology for the classification of convective structures using meteorological radar: Application to heavy rainfall events on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula
... forty-three heavy rainfall events have been detected in the Internal Basins of Catalonia (Northeastern of ...surface rainfall distribution, their internal organization and their physical ...those ...
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Numerical Studies of Synoptic and Mesoscale Environments Conducive to Heavy Rainfall in Tropical and Extratropical Systems
... Figure 2.26 is a cross section taken across AB with the ageostrophic circulation vectors and condensational heating (K h -1 ) and is roughly along the same region as the cross section in Fig. 2.13. Figure 2.26a is the ...
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Exploring the use of underground gravity monitoring to evaluate radar estimates of heavy rainfall
... Abstract. The radar-based estimation of intense precipita- tion produced by convective storms is a challenging task and the verification through comparison with gauges is question- able due to the very high spatial ...
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Assessment of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for simulation of extreme rainfall events in the upper Ganga Basin
... extremely heavy rainfall over the up- stream region of the ...the rainfall prediction is the combination of many nonlinear, interactive factors in- cluding the behaviour of each configuration and ...
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Impact of Landslides Induced by the 2018 Palu Earthquake on Flash Flood in Bangga River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia
... reported, heavy rainfalls have occurred and caused flash floods in the Bangga ...intensity rainfall occurred on 28 to 29 April, ...both rainfall stations at the study site, it was indicated that the ...
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The Dynamics of Orographic Precipitation: A Mesoscale Modeling Perspective
... entire heavy rainfall ...observed rainfall analyses ...the rainfall on the windward slopes of the ...the rainfall amounts and distribution on the windward slopes and in the Lago ...
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Developing an index for heavy convective rainfall forecasting over a Mediterranean coastal area
... It is demonstrated that the LII performed very well for the months May, June, September and October, when unstable weather conditions are more likely to occur. In these cases, most of the thunderstorm events took place ...
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Preliminary investigation of the 20 August 2014 debris flows triggered by a severe rainstorm in Hiroshima City, Japan
... In the field investigation, observation of the geological conditions, measurement of the longitudinal and cross- sectional profiles, and the collection of soil samples in source and deposition areas were the main ...
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Evaluation of GSMaP Daily Rainfall Satellite Data for Flood Monitoring: Case Study—Kyushu Japan
... Comprehensive details about the GSMaP_MVK ground validation program, algo- rithms and data processing were provided by Kubota et al. (2007) [10]. In addition, GSMaP_MVK was verified from January through December 2004 in ...
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Social Vulnerability Assessment to Flood in Medina Gounass Dakar
... For instance, assessment of flood vulnerability in the city of Abeokuta in Nigeria during the flood event in 2007 used a questionnaire survey to reach its goals. In his study, flood vulnerability was assessed by ...
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Conceptual Model of Intelligent Decision Support System Based on Naturalistic Decision Theory for Reservoir Operation during Emergency Situation
... are heavy rainfall, geological, and poor maintenance. Heavy rainfall increases the reservoir water level up to the maximum water level cause overflow and reduces the integrity of the reservoir ...
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Increased risk of flooding on the coast of Alicante (Region of Valencia, Spain)
... of heavy rainfall episodes; (2) analysis of vulnerability due to physical exposure (mapping and analysing the occu- pation of flood areas by using SIG, and calculating changes in maximum flow rates and ...
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