'Intense rainfall' presentation slideshows

Revision of Unit A3 Hazards

Revision of Unit A3 Hazards. Part 1. The next 4 weeks: Hazards. Key idea 1: Some places are more hazardous than others. Key idea 2: Hazards have an impact on people and the environment. Key idea 3: Different levels of economic development affect how people cope with hazards. Hazards Week 1: .

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Data Assimilation of Side-looking Radio Occultation by Observing System Simulation Experiment

Data Assimilation of Side-looking Radio Occultation by Observing System Simulation Experiment. Hiromu Seko (MRI) , Toshitaka Tsuda and Naoto Yoshida (Kyoto Univ.) and Y.-H. Kuo (UCAR). Concept of the side-looking observation. Tangent point. Low Earth Orbit Satellite. T 3.

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Floods and Droughts

Floods and Droughts. By: Tom, Nicole, Natalie & Kelsi. What Causes Floods. heavy, intense rainfall run-off from a deep snow cover over-saturated soil, when the ground can't hold anymore water. frozen soil high river, stream or reservoir levels caused by unusually large amounts of rain

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Water quality and climate change

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Urban Hydrology and Meteorological Radars

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San Antonio Water System

San Antonio Water System.

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Identifying Risk Areas for Landslides

Identifying Risk Areas for Landslides. Florence Carre (JRC, Subgroup leader), D. Seebach, N. Filippi, M. Pizziolo, G. Bertolini, A. Poschinger, J. Fortuny-Guasch, M. Gemmer. LANDSLIDE. Movement of a mass of rock, debris, earth down a slope (Cruden & Varnes, 1996). LANDSLIDE CLASSIFICATION.

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References: Allan, RP, J Clim 22 (11) p3127 (2009)

Water Vapour (mm). Temperature (K). Warming. Enhanced Radiative Cooling. Increased Moisture ~7%/K. Mean Rainfall rises ~3%/K. More Intense Precipitation. Intense rainfall rises faster than the mean: declining amount/frequency elsewhere.

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