Essays about: "rain event"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words rain event.
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16. How design storms with normally distributed intensities customized from precipitation radar data in Sweden affect the modeled hydraulic response to extreme rainfalls
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : Intense but short-term cloudbursts may cause severe flooding in urban areas. Such short-term cloudbursts mostly are of convective character, where the rain intensity may vary considerably within relatively small areas. Using uniform design rains where maximum intensity is assumed over the whole catchment is common practice in Sweden, though. READ MORE
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17. Diagnosis of Synoptic Weather Patterns Causing Heavy Rainfall Occurrence Using Self-Organizing Maps
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : The annual number of events with precipitation over 50 mm/h have increased from 1970s and this trend is likely to be continued due to climate change in Kyushu, Japan. Therefore, it is important to recognize what kind of meteorological fields have contributed to the occurrence of heavy rainfall events and to reveal whether it is possible to diagnose heavy rainfall risk. READ MORE
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18. Implementation of Citizens’ Observations in Urban Pluvial Flood Modelling
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Damages caused by urban pluvial floods are believed to increase due to climate change and urbanization as more citizens are impacted in densely populated cities and extreme rainfalls occur more frequently with higher intensities. To prepare cities for these calamities, urban pluvial flood models are created to provide knowledge about how an extreme rainfall event could inundate the studied city. READ MORE
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19. Havet, träden och människan : gestaltningsstrategier och principer för klimatanpassning av Societetsparken i Norrtälje
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Vi ställs inför allt fler utmaningar orsakade av klimatförändringarna och den pågående globala uppvärmningen. Prognoser visar på havsnivåhöjning, ökad nederbörd, ökad erosion, längre torrperioder och översvämningar. Samtidigt som konsekvenserna förändrar den fysiska miljön påverkar de även människors hälsa. READ MORE
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20. "Walkin into World War III": The Apocalyptic Death Theme on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was released in 1963, during the Cold War. Nuclear apocalypse was a big fear at the time and the fright deeply influenced the album. Therefore, this essay argues that the record contains a poetic narrative, with the overarching theme of contemporary apocalyptic death. READ MORE