Essays about: "spring season"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 132 essays containing the words spring season.

  1. 6. Dynamic Warning Signals and Time Lag Analysis for Seepage Prediction in Hydropower Dams : A Case Study of a Swedish Hydropower Plant

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Datalogi

    Author : Lovisa Olsson; Julia Hellström; [2023]
    Keywords : hydropower; dam safety; dam monitoring; seepage; prediction models; data-driven methods; artificial intelligence; AI;  linear regression; Support Vector Regression; SVR; Long Short-Term Memory; LSTM;

    Abstract : Hydropower is an important energy source since it is fossil-free, renewable, and controllable. Characteristics that become especially important as the reliance on intermittent energy sources increases. However, the dams for the hydropower plants are also associated with large risks as a dam failure could have fatal consequences. READ MORE

  3. 7. Weather you like it or not : pre-season yield forecasting of malting barley with climate markers.

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Elsa Rozenbeek; [2023]
    Keywords : Yield forecasting; extreme weather; pre-season forecasting; climate markers; climate predictors; climate patterns; model calibration; DSSAT; crop model;

    Abstract : Different means of yield forecasting have been investigated in many publications, although very few with a focus on pre-season forecasting. Climate change and the increasing risk of extreme weather events is a threat to food production, and early yield predictions could therefore be beneficial for farmer’s planning and management as a way towards more resilient food production. READ MORE

  4. 8. The effect of life history and weather on onset of flowering and length of flowering period of agricultural weeds

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Amanda Karpaty Wickbom; [2023]
    Keywords : global warming; agricultural weeds; first flowering; flowering phenology;

    Abstract : With a warming climate and the usage of monocultures in food production it is possible we may face more issues concerning food insecurity in the future as pollinators struggle to find food in agricultural landscapes. Therefore, it is of value to know whether common agricultural weeds are important sources of food for pollinators. READ MORE

  5. 9. Värmereducerande åtgärder för urbana mikroklimat

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Alice Ljungdahl; Ida Grundh; [2023]
    Keywords : klimatförändringar; värmeböljor; värmeöar; värmeöeffekt; klimatanpassning; temperaturreglering; värmereducerande åtgärder; värmereducering; mikroklimat; vegetation; skugga;

    Abstract : Det står klart att rådande klimatförändringar har lett och kommer i framtiden att leda till ökade temperaturer samt fler och längre perioder av värmeböljor. Ökade temperaturer i kombination med värmeöeffekter medför att urbana miljöer är särskilt utsatta och människor som väljer att bosätta sig på sådana platser riskerar allvarliga konsekvenser när det gäller hälsa och välbefinnande. READ MORE

  6. 10. Effekten av landskapsfaktorer och besprutning på rapsjordloppa i odling av höstraps

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Johanna Kvarnheden; [2023]
    Keywords : Rapsjordloppa; höstraps; Psylliodes chrysocephala; Brassica napus L.; landskapsfaktorer;

    Abstract : Höstraps (Brassica napus L.) är den mest odlade oljeväxten i Skåne, Sverige. Den är en viktig avbrottsgröda i spannmålsdominerande växtföljder för att förhindra jordburna sjukdomar men den lockar även till sig många skadeinsekter. READ MORE