In this paper we develop a method to estimate land-surface water content in amostly forest-dominated (humid) and topographically-varied region of eastern Canada. Theapproach is centered on a temperature-vegetation wetness index (TVWI) that uses standard 8-day MODIS-based image composites of land surface temperature (TS) and surface reflectanceas primary input. In an attempt to improve estimates...

Soft fruits like strawberries are highly perishable and susceptible to postharvest decay caused by fungal infestation. Mold growth is favored elevated temperatures in the cold chain or when water vapor condenses packaging induced temperature fluctuations at high relative humidity. Optimal for these products required improve homogenous fruit cooling ventilation inside package along entire supply...

Canopy wetness is a common condition that influences photosynthesis, the leaching or uptake of solutes, water status and energy balance canopies, interpretation eddy covariance remote sensing data. While often treated as binary variable, ‘wet’ ‘dry’, forest canopies are partially wet, requiring use continuous description wetness. Minor precipitation events such dew, wet fraction canopy, have be...

Representing subgrid-scale variability is a continuing challenge for modelers, but is crucial for accurately calculating the exchanges of energy, moisture, and momentum between the land surface and atmospheric boundary layer. Soil wetness is highly spatially variable and difficult to resolve at grid length scales (~100 km) used in General Circulation Models (GCMs). Currently, GCMs use an area a...

According to the Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM), each body organ owns its specific temperament (1). Temperament is composed of four qualities (elements) of " warmth " , " coldness " , " wetness " and " dryness " (2). " Wetness " and " dryness " are considered as a spectrum of " tissue moistures " and " warmth " and " coldness " may be regarded as the basic metabolism of the organ. Iranian S...

[1] Carbon dynamics in peatlands are controlled, in large part, by their wetness as defined by water table depth and volumetric liquid soil moisture content. A common type of peatland is raised bogs that typically have a multiple-layer canopy of vascular plants over a Sphagnum moss ground cover. Their convex form restricts water supply to precipitation and water is shed toward the margins, usua...