Cloudburst, weather bomb or water bomb? A review of terminology for extreme rain events and the media effect

Weather ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. L. Harris ◽  
Massimo Lanfranco
Keyword(s):  
Media Effect ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
The Media ◽  
Rain Events

The Media Effect on Risk Perception in the Workplace

The Synergist ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Jeff Behar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Inclusion of Hydraulic Controls in Rehabilitation Models of Drainage Networks to Control Floods

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Leonardo Bayas-Jiménez ◽  
F. Javier Martínez-Solano ◽  
Pedro L. Iglesias-Rey ◽  
Daniel Mora-Melia ◽  
Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Hydraulic Control ◽  
Drainage Systems ◽  
Storm Water Management Model ◽  
Drainage Networks ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
Rain Events ◽  
The Cost

A problem for drainage systems managers is the increase in extreme rain events that are increasing in various parts of the world. Their occurrence produces hydraulic overload in the drainage system and consequently floods. Adapting the existing infrastructure to be able to receive extreme rains without generating consequences for cities’ inhabitants has become a necessity. This research shows a new way to improve drainage systems with minimal investment costs, using for this purpose a novel methodology that considers the inclusion of hydraulic control elements in the network, the installation of storm tanks and the replacement of pipes. The presented methodology uses the Storm Water Management Model for the hydraulic analysis of the network and a modified Genetic Algorithm to optimize the network. In this algorithm, called the Pseudo-Genetic Algorithm, the coding of the chromosomes is integral and has been used in previous studies of hydraulic optimization. This work evaluates the cost of the required infrastructure and the damage caused by floods to find the optimal solution. The main conclusion of this study is that the inclusion of hydraulic controls can reduce the cost of network rehabilitation and decrease flood levels.

scholarly journals The role of extreme rain events in driving tree growth across a continental‐scale climatic range in Australia

Ecography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison J. O'Donnell ◽  
Michael Renton ◽  
Kathryn J. Allen ◽  
Pauline F. Grierson
Keyword(s):  
Tree Growth ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
Climatic Range ◽  
Rain Events

scholarly journals Examining the Effects of Media-Generated Stereotypes on Receivers’ Trust and Attitude in Pakistan. Moderating Influence of Ethnicity and Gender

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Syed Hassan Raza ◽  
Umer Zaman ◽  
Moneeba Iftikhar
Keyword(s):  
Differential Susceptibility ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Trust ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Effects Of Media ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

There is a long-standing debate about the effects of media-generated stereotypes on receivers’ trust and attitude. However, there is insufficient consensus about their influence on the media receiver’s ecological perspective in determining their extent of trust and attitudes. Drawing an analogy from Differential Susceptibility to Media Effect Model (hereafter DSMM) notion that media effects are conditional and are contingent on differential-susceptibility, this study examines the influence of dispositional and social susceptibility to media. To do so, the study validates the influence of media user’s gender (dispositional susceptibility) and ethnicity (social susceptibility) in determining the outcomes of media-generated stereotypes, media trust (MT), and attitude towards media organization (AO). The survey method has been employed to collect data through a self-administered questionnaire from 1061 university students in public sector institutions in Pakistan. The results provide empirical evidence that media-generated stereotypes are a substantially negative predictor of media trust and attitudes towards the media organization. The results also validate that the influence of the stereotyping manifested by the receiver’s ecological perspective such as ethnicity and gender are crucial determinants of the receiver’s trust and attitudes. Managerially, the study urges that journalistic practices must be more ethnoculturally inclusive, to cope with the contemporary media landscape.

scholarly journals Changes in Intense Precipitation over the Central United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Ya. Groisman ◽  
Richard W. Knight ◽  
Thomas R. Karl
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Extreme Precipitation Events ◽  
Intense Precipitation ◽  
Central United States ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
Rain Events ◽  
Precipitation Events

Abstract In examining intense precipitation over the central United States, the authors consider only days with precipitation when the daily total is above 12.7 mm and focus only on these days and multiday events constructed from such consecutive precipitation days. Analyses show that over the central United States, a statistically significant redistribution in the spectra of intense precipitation days/events during the past decades has occurred. Moderately heavy precipitation events (within a 12.7–25.4 mm day−1 range) became less frequent compared to days and events with precipitation totals above 25.4 mm. During the past 31 yr (compared to the 1948–78 period), significant increases occurred in the frequency of “very heavy” (the daily rain events above 76.2 mm) and extreme precipitation events (defined as daily and multiday rain events with totals above 154.9 mm or 6 in.), with up to 40% increases in the frequency of days and multiday extreme rain events. Tropical cyclones associated with extreme precipitation do not significantly contribute to the changes reported in this study. With time, the internal precipitation structure (e.g., mean and maximum hourly precipitation rates within each preselected range of daily or multiday event totals) did not noticeably change. Several possible causes of observed changes in intense precipitation over the central United States are discussed and/or tested.

scholarly journals Vulnerable Narcissism in Social Networking Sites: The Role of Upward and Downward Social Comparisons

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanchang Kong ◽  
Meiru Wang ◽  
Xingjie Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyao Li ◽  
Xiaojun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Vulnerable Narcissism ◽  
The Media ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Comparative Theory

Social networking sites (SNSs) have provided a new platform for people to present their narcissism. The objective of the current study was to investigate the underlying mechanisms between active and passive SNS use and vulnerable narcissism among college students. In achieving this, the study based its method on the media effect and social comparative theory and recruited 529 participants to complete the Surveillance Use Scale, Iowa–Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure, and Hypersensitivity Narcissistic Scale. The results showed that active and passive SNS use were positively related to upward and downward social comparisons. Active and passive SNS use also indirectly predicted vulnerable narcissism through the parallel mediation of upward and downward social comparisons. This study also revealed the vital role of social comparison in the association between SNS use and vulnerable narcissism.

Application of SpectralWeather to prediction of flood and extreme rain events in the Maritime Continent

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Latos ◽  
Thierry Lefort ◽  
Maria K. Flatau ◽  
Piotr J. Flatau ◽  
Dariusz B. Baranowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Mesoscale Convective System ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Convective System ◽  
Kelvin Wave ◽  
Maritime Continent ◽  
Equatorial Wave ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
Rain Events ◽  
Tropical Weather

<p>Monitoring of equatorial wave activity and understanding their nature is of high priority for scientists, weather forecasters and policy makers because these waves and their interactions can serve as precursors for weather-driven natural hazards, such as extreme rain and flood events. We studied such precursors of the January 2019 heavy rain and deadly flood in the central Maritime Continent region of southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is shown that a convectively coupled Kelvin wave (CCKW) and a convectively coupled equatorial Rossby wave (CCERW) embedded within the larger-scale envelope of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), contributed to the onset of a mesoscale convective system. The latest developed over the Java Sea and propagated onshore, resulting in extreme rain and devastating flood. </p><p>For the analysis of the January 2019 flood, we explored large datasets and detected interesting features to find multivariate relationships through visualization. We used SpectralWeather – a new tool supporting tropical weather training, research and forecasting, easily accessible at https://www.spectralweather.com. Extending Cameron Beccario's earth.nullschool.net project, SpectralWeather focuses on spectral decomposition of meteorological and oceanic fields into equatorial waves – CCKW, MJO, CCERW and Mixed Rossby-Gravity waves. SpectralWeather uses ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at several levels, NASA GPM rainfall datasets, OMI OLR index, NEMO SST, AVISO sea surface height, and OSCAR currents.</p><p>This new visualization tool can help to quantify and understand factors triggering natural hazards in the global tropics. We will discuss its interface and available features, based on the example of the January 2019 Sulawesi flood and other flood and extreme rain events in the Maritime Continent.   </p>

Performance of a constructed floating wetland in mesocosm scale: nutrient removal under shock load and water level oscillation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Postal Pasqualini ◽  
Jucimara Andreza Rigotti ◽  
Lucia Ribeiro Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Water Level ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Shock Load ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Technical Improvement ◽  
Temperature Conductivity ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Extreme Rain ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
Rain Events

<p>Constructed Floating Wetland (CFW) has shown a high capacity to transform, recycle, retain and remove different types of pollutants, especially nutrients. A CFW was developed in mesocosms at the Institute of Hydraulic Research at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in order to evaluate the functionality of the system on treating synthetic effluent with nutrient concentrations simulating urban surface runoff. Two species of emergent macrophytes, <em>Typha domingensis Pers.</em> and <em>Schoenoplectus californicus </em> were employed. The CFW was evaluated under changes in nutrient concentration and water level during two subsequent experiments, identified as “shock load” in order to simulate extreme rain events, accidental spills of pollutants or illegal discharges that are common in drainage systems and urban rivers worldwide. Comparative evaluations between species and the system responses were evaluated in different hydraulic retention time (HRT). The system was exposed to 24 h of HRT, with 20 cm of water level and 1.8 mg/L of TP, 4.9 mg/L of TN (mean concentration). After sampling, the tanks were filled to 40 cm, with 3.0 mg/L of TP and 13.8 mg/L of TN concentration . Samples were collected within 2 and 4 h to quantify the system's response to shock-load. After sampling, the level was reduced to 20 cm, followed by exposure for the remaining 6 days, when final samples were collected. Temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and redox potential were measured <em>in situ</em>. Turbidity, color and pH was measured immediately after collection in the laboratory. Total phosphorus (TP), orthophosphate (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>), total nitrogen (TN), total organic carbon (TOC), chlorophyll-a and pheophytin were also quantified. Only orthophosphate presented significant differences between initial and final concentrations, after the first 24h (<em>F = </em>6.106<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.024). The shock load demonstrated significant differences between initial and final concentrations for TN (<em>F = </em>10.097<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.005), for TP (<em>F = </em>9.392<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.0067) and for TOC (<em>F = </em>9.817<em>, df  = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.005). As to final batch, significant differences between input shock load and output values were found for TN (<em>F = </em>103.45<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p < </em>0.001), for TP (<em>F = </em>7.584<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.0067), for PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup> (<em>F = </em>6.864<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p = </em>0.017) and for TOC (<em>F = </em>73.608<em>, df = </em>1<em>, p < 0.001</em>). After 6 days, average removal rates for TN were about 28% for <em>S. californicus</em> and 87% for <em>T. domingensis</em>, for TP such removals were 29% and 55%, respectively. <em>T. domingensis</em> superior root development in association with the biofilm in the rhizosphere of the plants, were responsible for the best efficiency. The results show evidence of the benefits related to the ecosystem service associated with the CFW built in mesocosms. The understanding of the performance of compensatory techniques in controlled situations represents an indispensable tool for the knowledge of the limitations and the consequent technical improvement necessary for the feasibility of implementing nature-based solutions as the CFW. </p>

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