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The authors establish the effect of urbanization on precipitation in the Pearl River Delta of China with data from an annual land use map (1988–96) derived from Landsat images and monthly climate data from 16 local meteorological stations. A statistical analysis of the relationship between climate and urban land use in concentric buffers around the stations indicates that there is a causal relationship from temporal and spatial patterns of urbanization to temporal and spatial patterns of precipitation during the dry season. Results suggest an urban precipitation deficit in which urbanization reduces local precipitation. This reduction may be caused by changes in surface hydrology that extend beyond the urban heat island effect and energy-related aerosol emissions.

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- Oceanography, Statistical Analysis, China, Climate
- by Paul Hanson
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- Applied Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Biomathematics, Biometrics
- by Victor Klemas
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- Remote Sensing, Nonlinear dynamics, Multidisciplinary, Tides
- by Robert Finkelman
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- Geology, Climate Change, Carbon, Combustion

Lack of US existence in the Far East may pose bigger changes, negative one, to the stability of the region, in vast context to the world. Especially, possible unification of Korean Peninsular might also change the destiny of region... more

- by Ramil Abdullayev
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- China, Japan, Korea, Far East
- by Douglas Paton
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- Psychology, Resilience, Culture, Natural Hazards
- by Yoshitaka Kakubari
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- Applied Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Monte Carlo Simulation, Modeling
- by kim thoa pham
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- Geology, Methodology, Water resources, Evaluation

This paper looks at the conditions of the emergence of "race" as a new scientific category during the eighteenth century, arguing that two modes of discourse and visualization played a significant role: that on society, civility, and civilization -- as found principally in the travel literature -- and that on nature, as found in natural history writings, especially in botanical classifications. The European colonizing enterprise had resulted in an extensive flow of new objects at every level. Visual representations of these new objects circulated in the European cultural world and were transferred and transformed within travelogue and natural history writings. The nature, boundaries, and potentialities of humankind were discussed in this exchange within the conceptual grid of classifications and their visual representations. Over the course of the century the discourse on society, civility, and civilization collapsed into the discourse on nature. Humans became classified a...

- by snait gissis
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- Visualization, Africa, Colonialism, Symbolism
- by Nobuo Sugimoto
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- Remote Sensing, Prediction, LiDAR, Stratosphere

Работа была представлена в докладе на Нумизматических чтениях - 2020 Государственного исторического музея 26.11.2020 // This work was presented in a report at the Numismatic Readings of the State Historical Museum of 2020. Moscow,... more

- by Andrey Ivlev
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- History, Chinese Studies, Numismatics, China

Seventy-five percent of the available water resources in Malaysia are used for rice irrigation. Proper water management must be given due emphasis to effectively manage the water resources. This study analyzed field level practices, which could save irrigation water and thus increase area to be irrigated. The analyses were conducted for both the pre-saturation and normal supply periods using field data collected at the Besut irrigation scheme, Malaysia. Based on field water requirements and available flows at the intake structures, canal simulation was performed using the CanalMan model (Utah State University) together with water balance. The results have shown that pre-saturation should not be done continuously unless flow rates are at least 9.00 and 3.00 m3 s−1 for the Besut and Angga barrages, respectively. If the flow rate falls below these values, then pre-saturation should be done in two phases. However, when the flow rate is between 5.00 and 5.50 m3 s−1 at Besut barrage, pre-saturation should be done in three phases. The simulated schedules were compared with present pre-saturation schedules and it was observed that irrigable area could be increased by 10% than that at present. During the period of normal irrigation supply to the fields, there must be flow rates of at least 5.00 m3 s−1 and 1.50 m3 s−1 at the Besut and Angga barrages, respectively; in order to maintain irrigation supply to the whole irrigation scheme. Otherwise, selective irrigation or irrigation on a rotational basis will have to be enforced.

- by angga putra
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- Water, Irrigation, Water resources, Water Resources Management

We summarize some of the findings and observations from the field surveys conducted in the aftermath of the horrific tsunami of 26 December 2004 and reported in this issue. All these field surveys represent an unprecedented scientific undertaking and involved both local and international scientists working side by side. The 26 December tsunami was the first with transoceanic impact, since comprehensive postevent hydrodynamic surveys began to be conducted in the early 1990s with modern measurement tools. The tsunami impacted at least 16 nations directly: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, the Maldives, Rodrigues, Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles. The death toll included citizens from many other countries in Asia, Europe, the South Pacific, and the Americas, giving this tsunami the grim distinction of being the first universal natural disaster of modern times.

- by Costas Synolakis
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- Civil Engineering, Kenya, Natural Disasters, Indian Ocean
- by Roy Spencer
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- Geophysics, Energy, Earth, Climate

Der Nordosten der Sowjetunion war ein entlegenes, unbekanntes Terrain und doch galt er für viele sowjetische Bürger und Bürgerinnen als "Extrempol der Grausamkeit", wie es einmal der Bürgerrechtler und selbst Lagerinsasse Alexander Sol'ženicyn in seinem "Archipel Gulag" formulierte. Die Namen "Kolyma" und "Magadan" assoziieren sich mit Leiden und Trauer. Mirjam Sprau liefert in ihrer Dissertation eine Organisationsgeschichte des "Dal#stroj", dem heimlichen Reich, nach dem Tode Stalins und analysiert, welche Folgen die Entstalinisierung auf das Lagerimperium, seine Verwalter und Insassen hatte. Die Forschungsliteratur zum "Archipel Gulag" ist mittlerweile sehr umfangreich, aber die Frage nach der Entstalinisierung ist bisher kaum aufgegriffen worden.

- by Eva M. Stolberg
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- Soviet History, Siberia, Far East
- by china nam
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- Engineering, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Temporal Data Mining
- by Dennis Rolston
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- Soil Science, Modeling, Prediction, Applied Physics

Представлен анализ последних статистических данных основных показателей социально-экономического
развития и демографических процессов, в частности миграции в регионах Дальневосточного федерального
округа. Приведена дифференциация территорий Дальнего Востока исходя из динамики изменения численности
населения и динамики миграции в регионах. В статье автор анализирует миграционные потоки на территории
Дальневосточного федерального округа и заключает, что демографические проблемы требуют системного
решения, которое должно учитывать не только социальные и экономические нюансы, но и вопросы
этнокультурного характера.

- by Елена Маклашова
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- Social Demography, Migration, Migration Studies, Far East
- by mohsin shakeel
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- Literature Review, Far East, Negative Affect, Work Family Conflict
- by Gianpaolo Tomasi
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- Environmental microbiology, Energy Metabolism, Biological Sciences, Far East
- by Cynthia Wang
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Trust, Culture
- by Dale Robertson and +1
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- History, Time Series, Science, Multidisciplinary

In this study, the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) with three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) is utilized to investigate influences of GPS occultation refractivity on simulations of typhoons past Taiwan. Two recent cases were simulated, including Typhoon Nari in September 2001 and Typhoon Nakri in July 2002. The GPS observation data are taken from the Challenging Minisatellite Payload for Geophysical Research and Application (CHAMP) and Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas-C (SAC-C) satellites that provide several retrieved refractivity profiles in the simulated domain near the initialization time. Through 3DVAR, the observed refractivity can be quickly ingested into the model initial conditions to recover the information over the ocean. The initial moisture increments from ingested GPS refractivity soundings exhibit a maximum magnitude of about 1.5 g kg−1 associated with temperature incr...

- by Shu-Hua Chen
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- Environmental Science, Data Assimilation, Global Positioning System, Trajectory
- by Mark Henderson
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- Oceanography, Climatology, Atmospheric Aerosols, China
- by Pedro Ribera
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- Atmospheric Science, Climatology, Paleotempestology, Multidisciplinary
- by Lorenz King
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- Management, Civil Engineering, Environmental Geology, Disaster Management

The caravanserai (Turkish kervansaray) was a roadside area, structure or inn that provided lodging, substance, trade and marketing opportunities for pilgrims, traveling tradespeople, and their animals. In addition to food and temporary lodgings, many caravanserais also included a black madonna temple, shrine room, holy of holies, sacred cave or adjacent rock shelter. Tethered to the advancement of the caravanserai, was also the spread of African rites and rituals, black madonna temples, and dark goddesses. This was especially apparent with the Phoenicians.

- by Eahr Joan
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- Phoenicians, Far East, Levant, Canaanites

The magnitude and seasonal dynamics of evapotranspiration (ET) for a steppe in central Mongolia was estimated over a full year period (from 25 March 2003 to 24 March 2004, 366 days) using the eddy covariance (EC) technique. The steppe,... more

- by J. Asanuma
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- Environmental Science, Hydrology, Methodology, Evaluation
- by Biswajeet Pradhan
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- Geomorphology, Geophysics, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry
- by Norifumi Hotta
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- Hydrology, Vibration, Instrumentation, Multidisciplinary
- by Takeshi Hamamura
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Japanese Studies, Personality
- by Melissa Marschke and +1
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- Management, Earth Sciences, Decision Making, Action Research
- by Michael Manga
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- Geology, Geophysics, Rheology, Liquefaction

The monograph deals with the linguistic and historical study of the inscriptions on two 15th-century steles from Tyr cliff in the Lower Amur (now they are kept in V. K. Arsenyev Primorye State Museum in Vladivostok) with texts in Chinese, Jurchen, Mongolian (the 1413 stele), and in Chinese only (the 1433 stele). The present book is an attempt to make the first full translation of all texts of the Tyr steles into Russian with an extensive philological and historical commentary, indices, and illustrations. A new reconstruction of all the texts of two steles was performed from their plates and photos as well as on the basis of their earlier research. The comparative analysis of the texts made by the authors enabled them to make some conclusions which are important for the textual study of the monuments. The results are significant both for linguistics (the steles are unique evidence of language contacts in the Far East in the Middle Ages) and for the history and ethnography (the monuments contain important information about the Ming China policy towards the peoples of the Lower Amur, and a large number of ethnic and geographical names).

Коллективная монография: Албазинский острог: История, археология, антропология народов Приамурья / отв. ред. А.П. Забияко, А.Н. Черкасов., 2019. Albazin fortress: History, archeology, anthropology of the peoples of the Amur region.... more

- by Egor Bagrin
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- History, History of Costume, Siberia, Russian History
- by Robert Wasson
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- Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Far East, Discharge
- by Desmond Walling
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- Water resources, China, Far East, Land Use
- by Nils Perttu
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- Geophysics, Hydraulics, Groundwater, Applied Geophysics
- by fei hua
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- Information Systems, Soil, Biofilms, Water resources
- by kim fam
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- Marketing, Advertising, South Asia, Culture
- by Tinghua Ai
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- Algorithms, Information Extraction, China, Far East

The widespread poverty is due to two main reasons are poor governance and income inequality in Pakistan. Few studies have focused on the theoretical substantiation of impact of bad governance and income inequality on poverty but we do not... more

- by Zainab Akram
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- Computer Science, Economics, Social Sciences, Poverty
- by Norio Tenma
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- Geology, Geophysics, Heat Transfer, Performance

Due to rapid urbanisation and scarcity of land, most of the urban parks and recreational areas in Hong Kong are built close to major roads or industrial areas, where they are subject to many potential pollution sources, including vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions. An extensive soil survey was conducted in urban parks of Hong Kong to study the current conditions of heavy metals contamination in soils. Soil samples and associated street dusts were collected from more than 60 parks and public amenity areas in old urban districts, industrial areas and New Towns of the territory. Soils were also sampled in the remote country parks to establish the baseline conditions. The total concentrations of heavy metals and major elements in the samples were determined. The results indicate that urban soils in Hong Kong have elevated concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn. The parks with high metal concentrations are located in old urban commercial districts and industrial areas, indicating that the major contamination sources in these soils are traffic emissions and industrial activities. In addition, the application of Cd containing phosphate fertilizers may be an important source of Cd in urban park soils. The street dusts have highly elevated Zn concentration, particularly along the main trunk roads. The high Zn content in the street dusts may come from traffic sources, especially vehicle tyres. Selective soil and road dust samples were also analysed for potential chemical speciation by a sequential chemical extraction method. The chemical partitioning results show that Pb and Zn are mainly in the carbonate/adsorbed and Fe–Mn oxide phases, while Cu is largely associated with the organic and sulphide fractions. The high exchangeable Cd in urban soils and high concentration of Zn in street dusts need further investigation for their ecological and health implications.

- by Ibrahim Temitope
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- Geochemistry, Speciation, Urbanization, Applied Geochemistry
- by Shenfu Dong
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- Environmental Science, Geophysics, Algorithms, Microwave

The article explores the works of the Far East explorer V.K. Arsenyev (1872-1930) with the purpose of using his works to find the representational potential of the region's image. Using social constructivism as a methodology, we outline and analyze scientific and artistic types of constructing the Far East image and demonstrate the place each of these types occupies in Arsenyev's works. V.K.Arsenyev "No writer who has ever travelled across the Far East failed to write a book about it" (V.Arsenyev)

- by Elena Golovneva and +1
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- Visualization, Regional Studies, Far East
- by CY Jim
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- Real Estate, Engineering, Urban Planning, Housing

Vegetation and soil properties and their associated changes through time and space affect the various stages of soil erosion. The island of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan is of particular concern because of the propensity of the red-soil-dominated watersheds in the area to contribute substantial sediment discharge to adjacent coastal areas. This paper discusses the application of remote sensing techniques in the retrieval of vegetation and soil parameters necessary for the distributed soil-loss modelling in small agricultural catchments and analyses the variation in erosional patterns and sediment distribution during rainfall events using numerical solutions of overland flow simulations and sediment continuity equations. To account for the spatial as well as temporal variability of selected parameters of the soil-loss equations, a method is proposed to account for the variability of associated vegetation cover based on their spectral characteristics as captured by remotely se...