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Climate, Volume 8, Issue 1

January 2020 - 17 articles

Cover Story: In recent years, “green curtains” have become one of the most prevalent thermal mitigation methods in Japan. They can be considered as green infrastructure for achieving thermal comfort and reducing energy use. To examine the thermal mitigation effect of the green curtain for practical applicability in the condominium, indoor and balcony temperatures for 48 days in households were both analyzed. The balcony globe temperature of the households with green curtains was 0.6 °C lower than that of the households without green curtains during air-conditioner usage. Furthermore, the air-conditioner usage time of the households with green curtains was 40% less than that of the households without green curtains. The results showed that green curtains are effective for achieving both thermal mitigation and energy saving in a condominium.View this paper.
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Articles (17)

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,243 Views
6 Pages

20 January 2020

Adapting our cities to the new climate regime is critical to ensure that human development is not jeopardized and that the world’s citizens can thrive where they live. Faced as we are with the imperative to act, we now need to accept that the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,939 Views
14 Pages

The Association between Air Temperature and Mortality in Two Brazilian Health Regions

  • Wolmir Ercides Péres,
  • Andreia F. S. Ribeiro,
  • Ana Russo and
  • Baltazar Nunes

19 January 2020

Air temperature, both cold and hot, has impacts on mortality and morbidities, which are exacerbated by poor health service and protection responses, particularly in under-developed countries. This study was designed to analyze the effects of air temp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
20,664 Views
24 Pages

What Do Global Climate Models Tell Us about Future Arctic Sea Ice Coverage Changes?

  • Ge Peng,
  • Jessica L. Matthews,
  • Muyin Wang,
  • Russell Vose and
  • Liqiang Sun

17 January 2020

The prospect of an ice-free Arctic in our near future due to the rapid and accelerated Arctic sea ice decline has brought about the urgent need for reliable projections of the first ice-free Arctic summer year (FIASY). Together with up-to-date observ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,465 Views
18 Pages

Implications of Winter NAO Flavors on Present and Future European Climate

  • Efi Rousi,
  • Henning W. Rust,
  • Uwe Ulbrich and
  • Christina Anagnostopoulou

14 January 2020

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a basic variability mode in the Northern Hemisphere, undergoes changes in its temporal and spatial characteristics, with significant implications on European climate. In this paper, different NAO flavors are dist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
563 Citations
190,579 Views
15 Pages

13 January 2020

The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused climate change puts historically underserved populations in a heightened state of precarity, as studies observe that vulnerable communities—especially those wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,526 Views
15 Pages

Managing New Risks of and Opportunities for the Agricultural Development of West-African Floodplains: Hydroclimatic Conditions and Implications for Rice Production

  • Aymar Yaovi Bossa,
  • Jean Hounkpè,
  • Yacouba Yira,
  • Georges Serpantié,
  • Bruno Lidon,
  • Jean Louis Fusillier,
  • Luc Olivier Sintondji,
  • Jérôme Ebagnerin Tondoh and
  • Bernd Diekkrüger

10 January 2020

High rainfall events and flash flooding are becoming more frequent, leading to severe damage to crop production and water infrastructure in Burkina Faso, Western Africa. Special attention must therefore be given to the design of water control structu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,682 Views
15 Pages

9 January 2020

Myanmar is the country with the highest economic vulnerability (EV) to climate change in the Southeast Asian region. The dry zone of Myanmar occupies two-thirds of the agricultural lands and it has higher temperatures than elsewhere in the country. C...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,966 Views
19 Pages

Integrating Agriculture and Ecosystems to Find Suitable Adaptations to Climate Change

  • Anastasia W. Thayer,
  • Aurora Vargas,
  • Adrian A. Castellanos,
  • Charles W. Lafon,
  • Bruce A. McCarl,
  • Daniel L. Roelke,
  • Kirk O. Winemiller and
  • Thomas E. Lacher

9 January 2020

Climate change is altering agricultural production and ecosystems around the world. Future projections indicate that additional change is expected in the coming decades, forcing individuals and communities to respond and adapt. Current research effor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
21,648 Views
15 Pages

7 January 2020

Extreme weather events and failure to adapt to the likely impacts of climate change are two of the most significant threats to humanity. Therefore, many local communities are preparing adaptation plans. Even so, much of what was done has not been pub...

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