Satellite-derived precipitation can be a potential source of forcing data for assessing water availability and managing water supply in mountainous regions of East Asia. This study investigates the hydrological utility of satellite-derived precipitation and uncertainties attributed to error propagation of satellite products in hydrological modeling. To this end, four satellite precipitation pro...

For the area of the United States the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) height models are available with 1 arcsec spacing instead of the 3 arcsec spacing outside the country. Only special users are getting the 1 arcsec height information outside the USA. 1 arcsec and also 3 arcsec SRTM height models have been investigated in a mountainous area, covered nearly completely by forest, in an u...

[1] An analytical algorithm for the determination of land surface temperature and soil moisture from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission/Microwave Imager (TRMM/TMI) remote sensing data has been developed in this study. The error analyses indicate that the uncertainties of the enrolled parameters will not cause serious errors in the proposed algorithm. By applying the proposed algorithm to T...

Mountain regions are hotspots of biodiversity, and particularly sensitive to human activities global changes. Characterizing biodiversity using trait-based approaches may improve the understanding evolutionary mechanistic basis ecological patterns in species distribution. The investigation trait–environment relationships, however, is challenging, especially when a hierarchical sampling design u...

Footwear worn by U.S. military aircrew personnel provides inadequate levels of protection from a prolonged cold and wet exposure when compared with that wore by ground-based, combat troops. On June 2, 1995, a U.S. Air Force F-16 C aircraft was shot down by a mobile SA-6 surface-to-air missile over Bosnia-Herzegovina while conducting a routine NATO reconnaissance mission. The pilot survived the ...