Trends in vegetation fires in south and southeast Asian countries

KP Vadrevu, K Lasko, L Giglio, W Schroeder… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We assessed the fire trends from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)(2003–2016) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)(2012–2016) in …

Review and discussion of homogenisation methods for climate data

S Ribeiro, J Caineta, AC Costa - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts …, 2016 - Elsevier
The quality of climate data is of extreme relevance, since these data are used in many
different contexts. However, few climate time series are free from non-natural irregularities …

Regionalization and susceptibility assessment to daily precipitation extremes in mainland Portugal

M Santos, M Fragoso, JA Santos - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study aims to identify regions of extreme precipitation in mainland Portugal and
to create a single index of extreme precipitation susceptibility (EPSI). For this purpose …

Statistical assessment of precipitation trends in the upper Blue Nile River basin

H Tabari, MT Taye, P Willems - Stochastic environmental research and risk …, 2015 - Springer
This study investigates long-term trends in annual and seasonal precipitation at 16 stations
in the upper Blue Nile River basin. The non-parametric Mann–Kendall test modified by …

East Africa rainfall trends and variability 1983–2015 using three long-term satellite products

E Cattani, A Merino, JA Guijarro, V Levizzani - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Daily time series from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Africa Rainfall Climatology
version 2.0 (ARC2), Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) …

Changes of precipitation extremes indices in São Francisco River Basin, Brazil from 1947 to 2012

BG Bezerra, LL Silva, CM Santos e Silva… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The São Francisco River is strategically important due to its hydroelectric potential and for
bringing the largest water body of Brazilian Semiarid region, supplying water for irrigation …

Changes in mean and extreme homogeneous precipitation in China during 1960–2020

Y Wu, H Mu, S Wu, Y Xu, M Xu, H Wu, RT Clark… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to explore the observed national and regional changes in the seasonal
mean and extreme precipitation in mainland China between 1960 and 2020 using data from …

Flash flood evolution in north-western Mediterranean

MC Llasat, R Marcos, M Llasat-Botija, J Gilabert… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present paper shows an in-depth analysis of the evolution of floods and precipitation in
Catalonia for the period 1981–2010. In order to have homogeneous information, and having …

Recent and future changes of precipitation extremes in mainland Portugal

M Santos, A Fonseca, M Fragoso, JA Santos - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Recent and future changes in precipitation extremes over Portugal were studied. Trends in
selected precipitation indices were calculated on a seasonal scale for the period of 1950 …

Multilayer perceptron neural network for downscaling rainfall in arid region: a case study of Baluchistan, Pakistan

K Ahmed, S Shahid, SB Haroon, W Xiao-Jun - Journal of Earth System …, 2015 - Springer
Downscaling rainfall in an arid region is much challenging compared to wet region due to
erratic and infrequent behaviour of rainfall in the arid region. The complexity is further …