Essays about: "the rainy day"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words the rainy day.

  1. 1. Save Some For a Rainy Day: Assessing the Economic Risk of Extreme Rainfall Events

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Emma Hellström; [2021]
    Keywords : Extreme Precipitation; Pluvial Flooding; Insurance Data; Damage Assessment;

    Abstract : Extreme rainfalls cause large economic damage, they are also expected to become more frequent due to climate change. To design efficient climate adaptation policy and insurance pricing, it is necessary to assess which areas and properties are the most at risk. READ MORE

  3. 2. U EXPRESSED

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Frida Abrahamsson; Maria Kristensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Life at a music festival can be both a blessing and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping reality into euphoric happiness and freedom that only music festivals can bring. But one thing can drastically change this mood and make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. READ MORE

  4. 3. Improving image quality of a streak camera using periodic shadowing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Förbränningsfysik

    Author : David-Gabriel Lange; [2021]
    Keywords : combustion physics; laser; lock-in amplification; laser induced fluorescence; periodic shadowing; Rhodamine B; streak camera; Mode-locking; microfluidics; fluorescence lifetime imaging; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Stray light suppression using a method inspired by lock-in amplification, called periodic shadowing, is examined and demonstrated for a measurement involving a streak camera. The experiment consists of resolving the fluorescent decay of the dye Rhodamine B (RhB) and examining both the rise and the decay of the fluorescence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Increasing crop yields under climate change scenarios in Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Imogen O'Keefe; [2020]
    Keywords : Physical Geography; Agriculture; Climate Change; Crop Yields and Management Strategies; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is projected to cause unprecedented levels of global change and it will alter the ways in which humans currently rely on getting essential resources such as food. Africa is considered to be the most vulnerable continent to this change, with many countries that have low economic stability and insecure food sources a change to the way resources can be accessed could be detrimental to the population. READ MORE

  6. 5. Physico-chemical evaluation of the water quality in Rocha River: A qualitative and comparative analysis including aspects of social and environmental factors

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi

    Author : Stina Jacobson; Ida Sekizovic; [2019]
    Keywords : Cochabamba; Rocha River; water quality analysis; water pollution; wastewater; regulations; ICO-index; Hec-RAS; minor field study; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study, a physico-chemical analysis of the Rocha River was performed during the beginning of the rainy season 2018 in order to examine the current state of the water quality in the river at six different locations. The river, located in the Cochabamba department, Bolivia, was examined from upstream in Sacaba to downstream in Sipe Sipe. READ MORE