Essays about: "atlantic"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 238 essays containing the word atlantic.

  1. 21. Sustainability assessment on different crops for aquaponics : an evaluation table for growing crops using wastewater from juvenile Atlantic salmon in RAS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Elísabet Jónsdóttir; [2023]
    Keywords : Aquaponics; RAS; MCDA; Atlantic salmon Smolt; hydroponics; Sustainability; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Aquaculture is an expanding industry, supplying closer to 50% of the total fish consumption. Commercialized fish production faces sustainability challenges which are important to address. Aquaponics uses wastewater from aquaculture to grow plants using hydroponics. READ MORE

  3. 22. Polar mesoscale cyclones in ERA5 and CARRA

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Zhaohui Cheng; [2023]
    Keywords : polar mesoscale cyclones; polar lows; ERA5; CARRA;

    Abstract : Polar mesoscale cyclones (PMCs) are low-pressure systems that form in polar regions. Their small size and short lifespan pose challenges for coarse resolution models in capturing PMCs and their associated air-sea mass and energy transfer. To address the influence of resolution on PMCs, a comparison between a higher resolution dataset (CARRA with 2. READ MORE

  4. 23. Co-occurring Cold Extremes in North America and Unusually Warm Weather in Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Petros Stergiou; [2023]
    Keywords : Extreme temperature events co-occurrence; cold spells; warm extremes; Europe; North America; Pan-Atlantic atmospheric teleconnections; Samtidiga extrema temperaturhändelser; kalla extrema; varma extrema; Europa; Nordamerika; Pan-Atlantiska atmosfäriska telekopplingar;

    Abstract : In this project, we identified and examined the 50 coldest extreme temperature eventsin North America (CENA) and the 50 warmest extreme temperature events insouthwestern Europe (WEEU) during the winter seasons from 1948 to 2023. For theanalysis, we utilized daily NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data for temperature, sea levelpressure (SLP), and 500hPa geopotential height (Z500). READ MORE

  5. 24. ASSESING HISTORICAL (1926-1996) NEAR-SURFACE WIND SPEED VARIABILITY ACROSS SWEDEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jessika Lönn; [2022-06-27]
    Keywords : Near-surface wind speed; teleconnection patterns; Sweden; stilling; reversal;

    Abstract : Homogenized near-surface wind speed (NSWS) series of 7 stations from rescued observational journals have been analyzed for the 70-years time-period 1926-1996 to investigate past changes and variations across Sweden. During the whole period, there has been a statistically significant (at p < 0.05) decreasing trend of -0.11 m s-1 decades-1. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
    Keywords : Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. READ MORE