For the years 1992 and 2000, we relied on historical archived maps for validation purposes. While this method does not match the precision of ground truthing, it still offers a satisfactory degree of accuracy, as reflected by the Kappa coefficients and overall accuracy rates we noted (Table 5...
Under four future climate scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, SSP5-8.5), we found that the global mean NDVImax in drylands is projected to continue rising over the next 27 years (2024 to 2050) (Fig. 1a). Notable, differences among the four scenarios emerge after the year 2030...
and other land areas (−5 Mha as compared to COACTION) (Supplementary Figs.15,17). The marked reductions in the conversion of natural land in the COACTION and MULTI scenarios, however, come at the expense of significant reductions in pasture and rangeland areas in China, Sub-Saharan Africa ...
The number of CT scans performed over the next 5 years was then projected under various realistic scenarios of future changes in annual CT rates per inhabitant (constant, þ 5, þ 3, or À 2%, as compared with the rates in 2015), and a 'worst case' scenario of annual increase by...
Australia, the USA, Germany; Thiel, 2019). Student satisfaction, whether measured or not, is likely to have an impact in all countries in which students have a choice about which HEI they attend. Thus, having an understanding of student reaction to AIEd is valuable. Whether the results of ...
This paper examines the projected changes in rainfall in Southeast Asia (SEA) in the twenty-first century based on the multi-model simulations of the South
Fig. 3: Summary of wave and entire beach variability at Narrabeen Beach, Australia. Full size image Fig. 4: Summary of wave and entire beach variability at Perranporth, UK. Full size image Fig. 5: Summary of wave and entire beach variability at La Misión, Mexico. ...
There has been mounting interest about how the repurposing of vacant land (VL) through green infrastructure (the most common smart decline strategy) can re
Projected Change—Models and Methodology Joanna Wibig, Douglas Maraun, Rasmus Benestad, Erik Kjellström, Philip Lorenz, and Ole Bøssing Christensen 10 Abstract General (global) circulation models (GCMs) are a useful tool for studying how climate may change in the future. Although GCMs have ...
to predict land use changes in the framework of Agroforestry is rather restricted. This paper examines Agroforestry as a vehicle that can contribute to achieving the rural development of the region of Thessaly, Greece. It sets a time horizon for reviewing the changes that are expected in the mos...