The demand for accurate long-term precipitation data is increasing, especially in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB), where ground-based are mostly unavailable and inaccessible a timely manner. Remote sensing reanalysis quantitative products provide unprecedented observations to support water-related research, but these inevitably subject errors. In this study, we propose novel error correct...

According to a Greek myth, preserved for us in Ovid and recorded by Rose (1953), Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. A fountain nymph, Salmakis, who fell passionately in love with him, entreated the gods that she might be forever united with him, and her prayer was answered by the combination of lover and loved into a single being a hermaphrodite. By common usage the term hermap...

The range of 3 ø by 3 ø regional slopes of the earth and Venus is similar (approximately 0.0ø-2.4ø); however, the surface distribution of these values differs significantly. On earth, cratonic and abyssal plains form extensive regions of 0.0 ø slope. Within these regions a variety of features (mid-ocean ridges, volcanic island chains, subduction zones, and folded mountains) have regional slope ...

FEW congenital abnormalities can be so distressing for parents than the discovery of ambiguous genitalia in their newborn infant. Intersex is the term used to describe such patients, of which there are 3 groups: (1) The Female Pseudohermaphrodite who has normal ovaries, but masculinized external genitalia; (2) The Male Pseudohermaphrodite who despite testicular tissue, has external genitalia wh...

This study analyzed the trends of extreme daily rainfall indices over the Indochina Peninsula from 1960 to 2007. The trends were obtained from high-resolution gridded daily rainfall data compiled by APHRODITE with coordinates of 4°N–25°N and 90E°–112°E. The indices were selected from the list of climate change indices recommended by ETCCDI, which is a joint group of WMO CCl, CLIVAR and JCOMM. T...