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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)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,843 Views
13 Pages

The Range of Projected Change in Vapour Pressure Deficit Through 2100: A Seasonal and Regional Analysis of the CMIP6 Ensemble

  • Jiulong Xu,
  • Mingyang Yao,
  • Yunjie Chen,
  • Liuyue Jiang,
  • Binghong Xing and
  • Hamish Clarke

9 July 2025

Vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is frequently used to assess the impact of climate change on wildfires, vegetation, and other phenomena dependent on atmospheric moisture. A common aim of projection studies is to sample the full range of changes project...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,612 Views
18 Pages

The Calculation and Mapping of the Moisture Indices of the East Kazakhstan Region for the Preventive Assessment of the Climate–Hydrological Background

  • Dmitry Chernykh,
  • Kamilla Rakhymbek,
  • Roman Biryukov,
  • Andrey Bondarovich,
  • Lilia Lubenets and
  • Yerzhan Baiburin

8 July 2025

The assessment of the hydrological functions of landscapes and the landscape–hydrological background is an important instrument for minimizing damage from rivers and preventing water conflicts under conditions of data scarcity for hydrological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,661 Views
28 Pages

Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in the Province of Almeria (Spain) Under Different Climate Change Scenarios

  • Sara Barilari,
  • Yaiza Villar-Jiménez,
  • Giusy Fedele,
  • Alfredo Reder and
  • Iván Ramos-Diez

4 July 2025

Climate change represents a major global challenge, with semi-arid regions like the province of Almería being particularly vulnerable. Almería’s dependence on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture and tourism, coupled with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
957 Views
24 Pages

The Impact of Climate Change and Water Consumption on the Inflows of Hydroelectric Power Plants in the Central Region of Brazil

  • Filipe Otávio Passos,
  • Benedito Cláudio da Silva,
  • José Wanderley Marangon de Lima,
  • Marina de Almeida Barbosa,
  • Pedro Henrique Gomes Machado and
  • Rafael Machado Martins

4 July 2025

There is a consensus that climate change has affected society. The increase in temperature and reduction in precipitation for some regions of the world have had implications for the intensity and frequency of extreme events. This scenario is worrying...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,724 Views
29 Pages

3 July 2025

Climate change represents a complex and multifaceted challenge for health systems, particularly in the African region, where the research has predominantly focused on physical health impacts while overlooking critical mental health dimensions. Our ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,171 Views
18 Pages

2 July 2025

This study examines the trends and statistical characteristics of daily maximum wind speed across various synoptic stations in Ardabil Province, Iran, with diverse topography. Using daily wind speed data from multiple synoptic stations, the research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,965 Views
23 Pages

1 July 2025

This study assesses the use of Quantile-Mapping methods for bias correction and downscaling in climate change studies. A “Perfect Model Experiment” is conducted using high-resolution climate simulations as pseudo-references and coarser ve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,854 Views
17 Pages

30 June 2025

This study investigates the gendered nexus between climate change, food insecurity, and conflict in Plateau State, Nigeria. This region in north-central Nigeria is marked by recurring farmer–herder clashes and climate-induced environmental degr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,287 Views
28 Pages

Satellite-Based Seasonal Fingerprinting of Methane Emissions from Canadian Dairy Farms Using Sentinel-5P

  • Padmanabhan Jagannathan Prajesh,
  • Kaliaperumal Ragunath,
  • Miriam Gordon and
  • Suresh Neethirajan

27 June 2025

Methane (CH4) emissions from dairy farming represent a substantial yet under-quantified share of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. This study provides an in-depth, satellite-based fingerprinting analysis of methane emissions from Canada’s...

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  • Open Access
2,155 Views
44 Pages

25 June 2025

Ensuring consistent progress toward cities’ net-zero emission goals requires understanding key dimensions of urban climate governance—particularly the motivations driving municipalities toward net zero and the critical barriers and enable...

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