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Climate, Volume 13, Issue 7

July 2025 - 22 articles

Cover Story: Clouds influence net radiative flux by affecting both shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) radiation, but their impact in polar regions is uncertain due to limited ground data and satellite challenges. This study examines sky conditions from 2010 to 2020 at six polar stations (two Arctic, four Antarctic) by using BSRN radiation measurements. Cloud fractions were estimated via the RADFLUX method from SW and LW fluxes, classifying skies as clear, cloudy, or overcast. These labels trained machine learning models—Random Forest, KNN, and XGBoost—with features like LW radiation and temperature. XGBoost performed best, achieving a balanced accuracy of 0.78. The results suggest that clustering similar stations and feature normalization improve model generalization across sites. View this paper
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Articles (22)

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,115 Views
21 Pages

19 July 2025

The preservation and protection of historic urban centers in climate-sensitive coastal areas contributes to the promotion of culture as a driver and enabler of achieving temporal and spatial sustainability, as it is recognized that urban heritage is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,923 Views
28 Pages

18 July 2025

This manuscript investigates the applicability and behavior of the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution in flood frequency analysis, comparing it with the Pearson III and Wakeby distributions. Traditional approaches often rely on a limited se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,312 Views
21 Pages

17 July 2025

Rostov Oblast is one of the key grain-producing regions in Russia, accounting for 6% of the total grain production. However, it faces an increasing risk of climate aridization, which requires an accurate scientific assessment to ensure the food secur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
940 Views
17 Pages

17 July 2025

Accurate prediction of wind speed is critical for wind power generation and bias correction serves as an effective tool to enhance the precision of climate model forecasts. This study evaluates the effectiveness of three bias correction methods&mdash...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,967 Views
17 Pages

Long-Term Rainfall–Runoff Relationships During Fallow Seasons in a Humid Region

  • Rui Peng,
  • Gary Feng,
  • Ying Ouyang,
  • Guihong Bi and
  • John Brooks

16 July 2025

The hydrological processes of agricultural fields during the fallow season in east-central Mississippi remain poorly understood, due to the region’s unique rainfall patterns. This study utilized long-term rainfall records from 1924 to 2023 to e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,373 Views
21 Pages

Integrating Socioeconomic and Community-Based Strategies for Drought Resilience in West Pokot, Kenya

  • Jean-Claude Baraka Munyaka,
  • Seyid Abdellahi Ebnou Abdem,
  • Olivier Gallay,
  • Jérôme Chenal,
  • Joseph Timu Lolemtum,
  • Milton Bwibo Adier and
  • Rida Azmi

14 July 2025

This paper examines how demographic characteristics, institutional structures, and livelihood strategies shape household resilience to climate variability and drought in West Pokot County, one of Kenya’s most climate-vulnerable arid and semi-ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
809 Views
22 Pages

Surface Broadband Radiation Data from a Bipolar Perspective: Assessing Climate Change Through Machine Learning

  • Alice Cavaliere,
  • Claudia Frangipani,
  • Daniele Baracchi,
  • Maurizio Busetto,
  • Angelo Lupi,
  • Mauro Mazzola,
  • Simone Pulimeno,
  • Vito Vitale and
  • Dasara Shullani

13 July 2025

Clouds modulate the net radiative flux that interacts with both shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) radiation, but the uncertainties regarding their effect in polar regions are especially high because ground observations are lacking and evaluation throu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,482 Views
30 Pages

12 July 2025

Inland waterway transport (IWT) is a key function of river systems worldwide. It is vulnerable to climate change, specifically to discharge extremes, and competes for water with multiple other functions. A clear framework describing its interests to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,971 Views
19 Pages

9 July 2025

Rain attenuation of radio waves with frequencies above 10 GHz causes a serious problem in wireless communications. For wireless systems design, highly accurate methods for estimating the magnitude of attenuation have long been studied. ITU-R recommen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
769 Views
15 Pages

9 July 2025

The barotropic sea level difference (SLD) across the Korea/Tsushima Strait (KTS) is considered an index of the volume transport into the East/Japan Sea. This study investigates the interannual variability of the barotropic SLD (the KTS inflow) from 1...

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