This study proposes an objective methodology to highlight windows of opportunity in a numerical subseasonal forecasting system. The is based on contingency table and applied the prediction heavy tropical precipitation by European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) reforecasts November-to-April season, relation with Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO). As...

The Masinga Reservoir located in the upper Tana River basin, Kenya, is extremely important in supplying the country’s hydropower and protecting downstream ecology. The dam serves as the primary storage reservoir, controlling streamflow through a series of downstream hydroelectric reservoirs. The Masinga dam’s operation is crucial in meeting power demands and thus contributing significantly to t...

Tropical wet forests are commonly perceived as stable and constant environments. However, many rain forest organisms reproduce seasonally. To understand the proximate regulation of life history events in tropical organisms, we asked three questions: (1) How predictable are seasonal changes in the tropical rain forest? (2) Can tropical organisms anticipate environmental seasonality, despite the ...

The aim of this study was to examine variations in measures of body composition in elite soccer players. Skinfolds and measures of body mass (BM) recorded on a monthly basis across an entire competitive season in a group of senior professional players (n = 26) were used to estimate percentage body fat (%BF) and provide fat-free body mass (FFBM) values. Mean values in players were compared betwe...

The aim of this study was to examine variations in measures of body composition in elite soccer players. Skinfolds and measures of body mass (BM) recorded on a monthly basis across an entire competitive season in a group of senior professional players (N=26) were used to estimate body fat (%BF) and provide fat-free body mass values (FFBM). Mean values in players were compared between six specif...

RÉSUMÉ. Dans le cadre du problème de satisfaction de contraintes, nous proposons un nouveau schéma de recherche parallèle coopérative. La coopération est réalisée en échangeant des nogoods (instanciations qui ne peuvent être étendues en une solution). Nous associons un processus à chaque solveur et nous introduisons un gestionnaire de nogoods, afin de réguler les échanges de nogoods. Chaque sol...

Aerosol optical thickness (AOT) data derived by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) from Jan 2001 to Feb 2002 were compared with AOT measurements from 16 Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) sites over the contiguous United States. Overall, MISR and AERONET AOTs were strongly correlated (correlation coefficient = 0.81). Regression analysis showed that MISR AOT retrievals had a positiv...

The aerosol optical thickness (AOT) over the region of Baikal was retrieved using the MODIS data and the V5.2 algorithm developed by NASA. The results were validated by the CE-318 observations. Though the R2 is not that high, the result could display the spatial distribution of aerosol. The AOT characteristics of spatial and temporal variation over the region of Baikal were analyzed: The mean A...