Response of Terraced Slopes to a Very Intense Rainfall Event and Relationships with Land Abandonment: A Case Study from Cinque Terre (Italy)

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 630-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Brandolini ◽  
Andrea Cevasco ◽  
Domenico Capolongo ◽  
Giacomo Pepe ◽  
Francesco Lovergine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Land Abandonment ◽  
Intense Rainfall ◽  
Terraced Slopes ◽  
Cinque Terre

scholarly journals Evaluation of the WRF Model to Simulate a High-Intensity Rainfall Event over Kampala, Uganda

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 873
Author(s):  
Yakob Umer ◽  
Janneke Ettema ◽  
Victor Jetten ◽  
Gert-Jan Steeneveld ◽  
Reinder Ronda
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Numerical Weather Prediction Model ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Weather Research And Forecasting ◽  
Event Triggering ◽  
Rain Events

Simulating high-intensity rainfall events that trigger local floods using a Numerical Weather Prediction model is challenging as rain-bearing systems are highly complex and localized. In this study, we analyze the performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model’s capability in simulating a high-intensity rainfall event using a variety of parameterization combinations over the Kampala catchment, Uganda. The study uses the high-intensity rainfall event that caused the local flood hazard on 25 June 2012 as a case study. The model capability to simulate the high-intensity rainfall event is performed for 24 simulations with a different combination of eight microphysics (MP), four cumulus (CP), and three planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes. The model results are evaluated in terms of the total 24-h rainfall amount and its temporal and spatial distributions over the Kampala catchment using the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) analysis. Rainfall observations from two gauging stations and the CHIRPS satellite product served as benchmark. Based on the TOPSIS analysis, we find that the most successful combination consists of complex microphysics such as the Morrison 2-moment scheme combined with Grell-Freitas (GF) and ACM2 PBL with a good TOPSIS score. However, the WRF performance to simulate a high-intensity rainfall event that has triggered the local flood in parts of the catchment seems weak (i.e., 0.5, where the ideal score is 1). Although there is high spatial variability of the event with the high-intensity rainfall event triggering the localized floods simulated only in a few pockets of the catchment, it is remarkable to see that WRF is capable of producing this kind of event in the neighborhood of Kampala. This study confirms that the capability of the WRF model in producing high-intensity tropical rain events depends on the proper choice of parametrization combinations.

Simulation of an extreme rainfall event over Mumbai using a regional climate model: a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manas Pant ◽  
Soumik Ghosh ◽  
Shruti Verma ◽  
Palash Sinha ◽  
R. K. Mall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Climate Model ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Extreme Rainfall Event

Simulation of a heavy rainfall event during southwest monsoon using high-resolution NCUM-modeling system: a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
pp. 1035-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devajyoti Dutta ◽  
A. Routray ◽  
D. Preveen Kumar ◽  
John P. George ◽  
Vivek Singh
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Heavy Rainfall ◽  
Southwest Monsoon ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Heavy Rainfall Event ◽  
System A

scholarly journals Effects of Landscape Changes on Species Viability: A Case Study from Northern Slovakia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3602
Author(s):  
Zuzana Pazúrová ◽  
Rogier Pouwels ◽  
Jana Ružičková ◽  
Janine Bolliger ◽  
Juliana Krokusová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Landscape Composition ◽  
Land Abandonment ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Grassland Species ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Land Changes

Urbanization, increasing road networks, agricultural intensification, and land abandonment are widespread land change processes found in most European landscapes. As land changes affect animal species and their populations, there is a need to evaluate the effects of future developments on the viability of protected species. In this paper, we model population size and viability of selected indicator species for a selected area in Slovakia. Our results indicate that selected species are viable in the current landscape composition. However, the expected spread of settlement and the increase of road density in this area would likely lead to decline and loss of viability of species. Similarly, continuous land abandonment followed with spontaneous reforestation would likely trigger a decline of grassland species. In contrast, developing a biocorridor and restoration of existing green elements as modeled in our conservation scenario would strongly improve the viability of all species and avoid the impact of the expected developments. Our results underline the actions that prevent further loss of biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes and, thus, have particular importance for landscape planning and decision-making processes.

Influence of tropical-extratropical interactions on the dynamics of extreme rainfall event: A case study from Indian region

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
K. Niranjan Kumar ◽  
D.V. Phanikumar ◽  
S. Sharma ◽  
G. Basha ◽  
M. Naja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Indian Region ◽  
Extreme Rainfall Event

WRF high resolution simulation of an extreme rainfall event over Douala (Cameroon): a case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 927-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roméo S. Tanessong ◽  
Derbetini A. Vondou ◽  
Zéphirin Yepdo Djomou ◽  
P. Moudi Igri
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Rainfall Event ◽  
Extreme Rainfall Event ◽  
Resolution Simulation
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