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Coping with the Long Term
Coping with the Long Term An Empirical Analysis of Time Perspectives, Time Orientations, and Temporal Uncertainty in Forestry Coping with the Long Term An Empirical Analysis of Time Perspectives, Time Orientations, and Temporal Uncertainty in Forestry Marjanke Alberttine Hoogstra Marjanke A. Hoogstra Coping with the Long Term An Empirical Analysis of Time Perspectives, Time Orientations, and Temporal Uncertainty in Forestry Marjanke Alberttine Hoogstra Promotoren: Prof. dr. H. (Heiner) Schanz Hoogleraar Märkte der Wald- und Holzwirtschaft Institut für Forst- und Umweltpolitik Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Duitsland Prof. dr. B.J.M (Bas) Arts Hoogleraar Bos- en Natuurbeleid Leerstoelgroep Bos- en Natuurbeleid Wageningen Universiteit, Nederland Promotiecommissie: Prof. dr. ir. G.M.J. Mohren (Wageningen Universiteit, Nederland) Prof. dr. G. Oesten (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Duitsland) Dr. M. Pregernig (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Oostenrijk) Prof. dr. B.J. Thorsen (Københavns Universitet, Denemarken) Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd binnen Mansholt Graduate School of Social Sciences Coping with the Long Term An Empirical Analysis of Time Perspectives, Time Orientations, and Temporal Uncertainty in Forestry Marjanke Alberttine Hoogstra Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor op gezag van de rector magnificus van Wageningen Universiteit, Prof. dr. M.J. Kropff, in het openbaar te verdedigen op dinsdag 16 december 2008 des middags te half twee in de Aula Hoogstra, M.A. [2008] Coping with the Long Term - An Empirical Analysis of Time Perspectives, Time Orientations, and Temporal Uncertainty in Forestry. PhD thesis Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. With references - with summary in Dutch and in English. ISBN 978-90-8585-242-1 The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. -
CIRA ANNUAL REPORT FY 2014/2015 (Reporting Period July 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015)
CIRA ANNUAL REPORT FY 2014/2015 (Reporting Period July 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015) COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ATMOSPHERE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University (CSU) is one of a number of cooperative institutes (CIs) that support NOAA’s mission. Although this mission continues to evolve, there continue to be strong reasons for partnering between NOAA and the fundamental research being done in the University environment and the students it entrains into NOAA’s mission. Strengthening these ties in satellite remote sensing and regional/global weather and climate prediction, as well as application development, education/training, data assimilation, and data distribution technology make CIRA a valuable asset to NOAA. As the Director of CIRA, I have tried to do everything possible to strengthen CIRA’s ties not only among CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Science, the College of Engineering, and the University, but also the ties among the different groups within CIRA that now covers researchers in Fort Collins and College Park associated with NESDIS, researchers in Boulder working closely with OAR and researchers in Kansas City working with the National Weather Service. With a renewed emphasis on interactions and joint initiatives, we are expanding our collaboration to bring more satellite data to bear upon model evaluations such as we are doing with the High Impact Weather Prediction Project or our new Data Assimilation that are bringing the satellite knowledge gained at the Fort Collins facility to bear on CIRA’s Boulder and College Park groups. With this, we hope to fulfill the promise of being the conduit for developing ground breaking research to address socially-relevant problems that face NOAA and our society today as well as to help train a new workforce that has a broader perspective needed to continue developing decision support tools guided by scientific advances. -
EGU2014-6135, 2014 EGU General Assembly 2014 © Author(S) 2014
Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU2014-6135, 2014 EGU General Assembly 2014 © Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Dynamic aspects of windstorm Kyrill (January 2007) Patrick Ludwig (1), Joaquim G. Pinto (1,2), Simona A. Hoepp (1), Andreas H. Fink (3), and Suzanne L. Gray (2) (1) Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany ([email protected]), (2) Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (3) Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany Several dynamical and mesoscale aspects concerning severe windstorm Kyrill (January 2007) are analysed by results of high-resolution simulations with the regional climate model (RCM) COSMO-CLM. After explosive cyclogenesis south of Greenland takes place while crossing a very intense upper-level jet stream, Kyrill underwent secondary cyclogenesis over the North Atlantic Ocean just west of the British Isles. The secondary cyclogenesis (Kyrill II), was located on the occlusion front of the mature cyclone (Kyrill I), which is very unusual compared to typical frontal cyclogenesis generally occurring along the trailing cold fronts of existing cyclones. The mechanisms of secondary cyclogenesis are investigated based on moderate-resolution (0.0625◦ grid spacing) RCM simulations. The formation of Kyrill II along the occlusion front follows common mechanism for secondary cyclogenesis like breaking up of a local, low tropospheric PV strip along the front and diabatic heating with associated development of a vertical extended PV tower. Kyrill II propagated further towards Europe, and its development was favoured by a split jet structure aloft the surface cyclone, which maintained the deep core pressure (around 961 - 965 hPa) for at least 36 hours. -
Downloaded 10/05/21 02:25 PM UTC 3568 JOURNAL of the ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES VOLUME 74
NOVEMBER 2017 B Ü ELER AND PFAHL 3567 Potential Vorticity Diagnostics to Quantify Effects of Latent Heating in Extratropical Cyclones. Part I: Methodology DOMINIK BÜELER AND STEPHAN PFAHL Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich,€ Zurich, Switzerland (Manuscript received 9 February 2017, in final form 31 July 2017) ABSTRACT Extratropical cyclones develop because of baroclinic instability, but their intensification is often sub- stantially amplified by diabatic processes, most importantly, latent heating (LH) through cloud formation. Although this amplification is well understood for individual cyclones, there is still need for a systematic and quantitative investigation of how LH affects cyclone intensification in different, particularly warmer and moister, climates. For this purpose, the authors introduce a simple diagnostic to quantify the contribution of LH to cyclone intensification within the potential vorticity (PV) framework. The two leading terms in the PV tendency equation, diabatic PV modification and vertical advection, are used to derive a diagnostic equation to explicitly calculate the fraction of a cyclone’s positive lower-tropospheric PV anomaly caused by LH. The strength of this anomaly is strongly coupled to cyclone intensity and the associated impacts in terms of surface weather. To evaluate the performance of the diagnostic, sensitivity simulations of 12 Northern Hemisphere cyclones with artificially modified LH are carried out with a numerical weather prediction model. Based on these simulations, it is demonstrated that the PV diagnostic captures the mean sensitivity of the cyclones’ PV structure to LH as well as parts of the strong case-to-case variability. The simple and versatile PV diagnostic will be the basis for future climatological studies of LH effects on cyclone intensification. -
Severe Storm Xynthia Over Southwestern and Western Europe
Severe Storm Xynthia over southwestern and western Europe A severe storm named “Xynthia” affected Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, France, parts of south-east England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. Strong gusts on 27-28 February 2010 caused extended damage on traffic routes, electrical power outage, destruction due to flooding at the French Atlantic coast and more than 60 losses of lives. Most of the damage was in France and western Germany. The track of this storm and its rapid development were outstanding, but the magnitude of the gusts was comparable to other violent storms in the past. Synoptical development and weather conditions Xynthia arose from an initially shallow low pressure system which formed over the subtropical sea area south of the Azores Islands on Friday, 26 February 2010. The southward flow of colder air masses in the upper air caused the deepening of a broad trough over the central and eastern North Atlantic. A shortwave trough within this broader system and a high temperature difference between extremely warm air over Africa and colder air over the eastern Atlantic caused a strong cyclogenesis of Xynthia. On Saturday, February 27, the cyclone moved northeastwards over Portugal and the Bay of Biscay to the westernmost areas of France and intensified very rapidly to a core pressure of about 967 hPa around midnight which means a deepening of about 20 hPa within 24 hours (Fig. 1-3). During the following three days it began weakening and moved further northeastwards along the coastline of northern France and the North Sea, and then it crossed the southern Baltic Sea to southern Finland until March 3. -
Orkantief Sabine Löst Am 09./10. Februar 2020 Eine Schwere Sturmlage Über Europa Aus
Abteilung Klimaüberwachung Orkantief Sabine löst am 09./10. Februar 2020 eine schwere Sturmlage über Europa aus Autor(inn)en: Susanne Haeseler, Peter Bissolli, Jan Dassler, Volker Zins, Andrea Kreis Stand: 13.02.2020 Zusammenfassung Orkantief SABINE (in Westeuropa CIARA und in Norwegen ELSA benannt) löste am 9./10. Februar 2020 deutschlandweit Sturmböen bis Orkanstärke (12 Bft) aus. Die höchste Böe meldete der Feldberg im Schwarzwald am 10. Januar mit 49,1 m/s bzw. 177 km/h. Der Kern des Orkantiefs zog vom Atlantik kommend über Schottland nach Norwegen, wobei der Kerndruck zeitweise unter 945 hPa lag. Zwischen Nord- und Südeuropa bestanden Luftdruckunterschiede von etwa 80 hPa. Das dadurch generierte Sturmfeld erfasste weite Teile West-, Mittel- und Nordeuropas. In Deutschland war der Sturm, der sich von der Nordsee in Richtung Alpen ausweitete, von teils kräftigen Schauern und Gewittern begleitet. An der Nordsee gab es vom 10. bis 12. Januar mehrere teils schwere Sturmfluten (Abb. 1 und 4). Die extreme Sturmlage war schon Tage vorher angekündigt und es wurde von Tätigkeiten im Freien sowie Reisen während dieser Zeit abgeraten. Sport- und Musikveranstaltungen wurden vorsichtshalber abgesagt. Am 9./10. Februar stellte die Bahn in Deutschland den Verkehr zeitweise ein. Flüge und Fährverbindungen fielen aus. Viele Schulen und Kindergärten blieben am 10. Februar geschlossen. Der Sturm ließ in den betroffenen Ländern Bäume umstürzen und deckte Hausdächer ab. Auf den Britischen Inseln kam es zu Überschwemmungen. In einigen Regionen (auch in Deutschland) gab es Stromausfälle. Abbildung 1: Sturmflut am Weststrand von Norderney. Die Wellen laufen bis auf die Promenade, die als Küstenschutz dient, herauf. -
The European Forecaster September 2018 (Full Version Pdf)
The European Forecaster Newsletter of the WGCEF N° 23 September 2018 C ontents 3 Introduction Minutes of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Co-operation 4 Between European Forecasters (WGCEF) Sting Jets and other processes leading to high wind gusts: 10 wind-storms “Zeus” and “Joachim” compared 16 Forecasting Freezing Rain in the UK – March 1st and 2nd 2018 24 The Extreme Wildfire, 17-19 July 2017 in Split 30 Changing the Way we Warn for Weather Storm naming: the First Season of Naming by the South-west Group: 33 Spain-Portugal-France 38 Can we forecast the sudden dust storms impacting Israel's southernmost city? 45 The 31st Nordic Meteorological Meeting 46 Representatives of the WGCEF Cover: Ana was the first storm named by the Southwest Group (Spain, Portugal, France) during winter 2017-2018. It affected three countries with great impacts. Printed by Meteo France Editors Stephanie Jameson and Will Lang, Met Office Layout Kirsi Hindstrom- Basic Weather Services Published by Météo-France Crédit Météo-France COM/CGN/PPN - Trappes I ntroduction Dear Readers and Colleagues, It’s a great pleasure to introduce the 23rd edition of our newsletter ‘The European Forecaster’. The publica- tion is only possible due to the great work and generosity of Meteo-France, thus we want to express our warmest gratitude to Mr. Bernard Roulet and his colleagues. We kindly thank all the authors for submitting articles, particularly as they all work in operational forecasting roles and thus have only limited time for writing an article. Many thanks go to Mrs. -
Identifying 2010 Xynthia Storm Signature in GNSS-R-Based Tide Records
Article Identifying 2010 Xynthia Storm Signature in GNSS-R-Based Tide Records Phuong Lan Vu 1,*, Minh Cuong Ha 1,2, Frédéric Frappart 3, José Darrozes 1, Guillaume Ramillien 1, Grégory Dufrechou 1, Pascal Gegout 1, Denis Morichon 4, and Philippe Bonneton 5 1 GET-GRGS, UMR 5563, CNRS/IRD/UPS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France; [email protected] (M.C.H.); [email protected] (J.D.); [email protected] (G.R.); [email protected] (G.D.); [email protected] (P.G.) 2 Institute for Development of Advanced Technical and Technology (IDAT), Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA), Hanoi, Vietnam 3 LEGOS-GRGS, UMR 5566, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France; [email protected] 4 Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Laboratoire de Sciences Appliquées au Génie Civil et au Génie Côtier JE2519, Allée du parc Montaury, 64600 Anglet, France ; [email protected] 5 Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – CS 50023, F-33615 Pessac, France ; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +33-7-8232-1136 Received: 29 January 2019; Accepted: 27 March 2019; Published: 1 April 2019 Abstract: In this study, three months of records (January–March 2010) that were acquired by a geodetic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) station from the permanent network of RGP (Réseau GNSS Permanent), which was deployed by the French Geographic Institute (IGNF), located in Socoa, in the south of the Bay of Biscay, were used to determine the tide components and identify the signature of storms on the signal to noise ratio (SNR) during winter 2010. -
Assessing the Impact of Lightning Data Assimilation in the Wrf Model
sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21c/2019/10.29.16.19-TDI ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF LIGHTNING DATA ASSIMILATION IN THE WRF MODEL Vanderlei Rocha de Vargas Junior Doctorate Thesis of the Graduate Course in Space Geophysics/Atmospheric Sciences, guided by Drs. Osmar Pinto Junior, and Dirceu Luis Herdies, approved in October 09, 2019. URL of the original document: <http://urlib.net/8JMKD3MGP3W34R/3UAML3H> INPE São José dos Campos 2019 PUBLISHED BY: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE Gabinete do Diretor (GBDIR) Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) CEP 12.227-010 São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil Tel.:(012) 3208-6923/7348 E-mail: [email protected] BOARD OF PUBLISHING AND PRESERVATION OF INPE INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION - CEPPII (PORTARIA No 176/2018/SEI-INPE): Chairperson: Dra. Marley Cavalcante de Lima Moscati - Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (CGCPT) Members: Dra. Carina Barros Mello - Coordenação de Laboratórios Associados (COCTE) Dr. Alisson Dal Lago - Coordenação-Geral de Ciências Espaciais e Atmosféricas (CGCEA) Dr. Evandro Albiach Branco - Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre (COCST) Dr. Evandro Marconi Rocco - Coordenação-Geral de Engenharia e Tecnologia Espacial (CGETE) Dr. Hermann Johann Heinrich Kux - Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra (CGOBT) Dra. Ieda Del Arco Sanches - Conselho de Pós-Graduação - (CPG) Silvia Castro Marcelino - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) DIGITAL LIBRARY: Dr. Gerald Jean Francis Banon Clayton Martins Pereira - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) DOCUMENT REVIEW: Simone Angélica Del Ducca Barbedo - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) André Luis Dias Fernandes - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) ELECTRONIC EDITING: Ivone Martins - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) Cauê Silva Fróes - Serviço de Informação e Documentação (SESID) sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21c/2019/10.29.16.19-TDI ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF LIGHTNING DATA ASSIMILATION IN THE WRF MODEL Vanderlei Rocha de Vargas Junior Doctorate Thesis of the Graduate Course in Space Geophysics/Atmospheric Sciences, guided by Drs. -
Annual Report 2018 YEARS Local Leader, Global Partner CONTENTS
Annual Report 2018 YEARS Local Leader, Global Partner CONTENTS General Information Financial Status 2 Vision-Mission 44 Economic Outlook 3 Shareholder Structure 50 Turkish Insurance Industry 4 Corporate Profile 52 Turkish Reinsurance Market and Milli Re in 2018 6 Milestones 56 Global Reinsurance Market and Milli Re in 2018 12 Chairman’s Message 63 Financial Strength, Profitability and Solvency 14 General Manager’s Message 64 Key Financial Indicators 20 Board of Directors 66 The Company Capital 23 Participation of the Members of the Board of Directors in 67 2018 Technical Results Relevant Meetings during the Fiscal Period 69 2018 Financial Results 24 Senior Management 71 General Assembly Agenda 25 Internal Systems Managers 72 Report by the Board of Directors 26 Organization Chart 74 Dividend Distribution Policy 27 Human Resources Applications 75 Dividend Distribution Proposal 28 2018 Annual Report Compliance Statement 29 Independent Auditor’s Report on the Annual Report of the Board Risks and Assessment of the Governing Body of Directors 77 Risk Management 81 Assessment of Capital Adequacy Financial Rights Provided to the Members of the Governing 81 Transactions Carried Out with Milli Re’s Risk Group Body and Senior Executives 81 The Annual Reports of the Parent Company in the Group of 32 Financial Rights Provided to the Members of the Governing Body Companies and Senior Executives Unconsolidated Financial Statements Together with Research & Development Activities Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon 32 Research & Development Activities -
High-Impact Weather Prediction Project (HIWPP)
HIWPP Project Plan High-Impact Weather Prediction Project (HIWPP) Project Plan for Public Law 113-2, the FY2013 Disaster Assistance Supplemental Tim Schneider, HIWPP Project Manager OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division Executive Oversight Board John Cortinas, Chair Robert Atlas, Director John Murphy, Director OAR Atlantic Oceanographic and NWS, Office of Science and Technology Meteorological Laboratory V. Ramaswamy, Director John Cortinas, Director OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics OAR Office of Weather and Air Quality Laboratory Simon Chang, Superintendent Hendrik Tolman, Acting Director Naval Research Laboratory, Marine NWS Environmental Modeling Center Meteorology Division Robert Webb, Director Kevin Kelleher, Director OAR ESRL/Physical Sciences Division OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division Alexander MacDonald, Director OAR ESRL & OAR Chief Scientist Collaborating Groups: AOML, CICS-P, CIMAS, CIRA, CIRES, ESRL, GFDL, NCAR, NCEP, NRL Project period: 14 February 2014 – 30 September 2016 October 2014 (Ver. 3.0) 1 HIWPP Project Plan Plan Contributors Stan Benjamin* Jin Lee* OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division Jason Chasse S-J Lin* On detail to: OAR Office of Weather OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Air Quality Laboratory Dave DeWitt Melinda Peng* NWS NCEP/Environmental Modeling Naval Research Lab., Marine Center Meteorology Division Jim Doyle* Bill Skamarock* Naval Research Lab., Marine National Center for Atmospheric Meteorology Division Research Mark Govett* Jebb Stewart* OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division Georg Grell* Steve Weygandt* OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division OAR ESRL/Global Systems Division Tom Hamill* Jeff Whitaker* OAR ESRL/Physical Sciences Division OAR ESRL/Physical Sciences Division Jin Huang* Yuejian Zhu* NWS NCEP/Climate Test Bed NWS NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center Zavisa Janjic* NWS NCEP/Environmental Modeling S. -
Homo Erectus, Became Extinct About 1.7 Million Years Ago
Bear & Company One Park Street Rochester, Vermont 05767 www.BearandCompanyBooks.com Bear & Company is a division of Inner Traditions International Copyright © 2013 by Frank Joseph All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Joseph, Frank. Before Atlantis : 20 million years of human and pre-human cultures / Frank Joseph. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. Summary: “A comprehensive exploration of Earth’s ancient past, the evolution of humanity, the rise of civilization, and the effects of global catastrophe”—Provided by publisher. print ISBN: 978-1-59143-157-2 ebook ISBN: 978-1-59143-826-7 1. Prehistoric peoples. 2. Civilization, Ancient. 3. Atlantis (Legendary place) I. Title. GN740.J68 2013 930—dc23 2012037131 Chapter 8 is a revised, expanded version of the original article that appeared in The Barnes Review (Washington, D.C., Volume XVII, Number 4, July/August 2011), and chapter 9 is a revised and expanded version of the original article that appeared in The Barnes Review (Washington, D.C., Volume XVII, Number 5, September/October 2011). Both are republished here with permission. To send correspondence to the author of this book, mail a first-class letter to the author c/o Inner Traditions • Bear & Company, One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767, and we will forward the communication. BEFORE ATLANTIS “Making use of extensive evidence from biology, genetics, geology, archaeology, art history, cultural anthropology, and archaeoastronomy, Frank Joseph offers readers many intriguing alternative ideas about the origin of the human species, the origin of civilization, and the peopling of the Americas.” MICHAEL A.