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Polytechnic University of Tirana
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About: Polytechnic University of Tirana is a education organization based out in Tirana, Albania. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Routing protocol & Node (networking). The organization has 385 authors who have published 545 publications receiving 4010 citations. The organization is also known as: Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës.
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Vienna University of Technology1, Polytechnic University of Turin2, University of Potsdam3, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute4, University of Messina5, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute6, University of Split7, University of Padua8, University of Zagreb9, University of Bologna10, University of Naples Federico II11, Moscow State University12, Dokuz Eylül University13, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts14, University of Bath15, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava16, Finnish Environment Institute17, University of Liverpool18, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy19, Technical University of Madrid20, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ21, ETH Zurich22, Maynooth University23, Polish Academy of Sciences24, ODESSA25, University of Ljubljana26, Roma Tre University27, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate28, Polytechnic University of Tirana29, University of Belgrade30
TL;DR: Analysis of a comprehensive European flood dataset reveals regional changes in river flood discharges in the past five decades that are broadly consistent with climate model projections for the next century, suggesting that climate-driven changes are already happening and supporting calls for the consideration of climate change in flood risk management.
Abstract: Climate change has led to concerns about increasing river floods resulting from the greater water-holding capacity of a warmer atmosphere1. These concerns are reinforced by evidence of increasing economic losses associated with flooding in many parts of the world, including Europe2. Any changes in river floods would have lasting implications for the design of flood protection measures and flood risk zoning. However, existing studies have been unable to identify a consistent continental-scale climatic-change signal in flood discharge observations in Europe3, because of the limited spatial coverage and number of hydrometric stations. Here we demonstrate clear regional patterns of both increases and decreases in observed river flood discharges in the past five decades in Europe, which are manifestations of a changing climate. Our results—arising from the most complete database of European flooding so far—suggest that: increasing autumn and winter rainfall has resulted in increasing floods in northwestern Europe; decreasing precipitation and increasing evaporation have led to decreasing floods in medium and large catchments in southern Europe; and decreasing snow cover and snowmelt, resulting from warmer temperatures, have led to decreasing floods in eastern Europe. Regional flood discharge trends in Europe range from an increase of about 11 per cent per decade to a decrease of 23 per cent. Notwithstanding the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the observational record, the flood changes identified here are broadly consistent with climate model projections for the next century4,5, suggesting that climate-driven changes are already happening and supporting calls for the consideration of climate change in flood risk management. Analysis of a comprehensive European flood dataset reveals regional changes in river flood discharges in the past five decades that are consistent with models suggesting that climate-driven changes are already happening.
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Vienna University of Technology1, University of Potsdam2, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute3, University of Messina4, University of Split5, University of Padua6, University of Zagreb7, University of Bologna8, University of Naples Federico II9, Polytechnic University of Turin10, Moscow State University11, Dokuz Eylül University12, University of Bath13, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava14, Finnish Environment Institute15, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute16, University of Liverpool17, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy18, Technical University of Madrid19, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ20, ETH Zurich21, Maynooth University22, Polish Academy of Sciences23, ODESSA24, University of Ljubljana25, Roma Tre University26, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate27, Polytechnic University of Tirana28, University of Belgrade29
TL;DR: Analysis of the timing of river floods in Europe over the past 50 years found clear patterns of changes in flood timing that can be ascribed to climate effects, and highlights the existence of a clear climate signal in flood observations at the continental scale.
Abstract: A warming climate is expected to have an impact on the magnitude and timing of river floods; however, no consistent large-scale climate change signal in observed flood magnitudes has been identified so far. We analyzed the timing of river floods in Europe over the past five decades, using a pan-European database from 4262 observational hydrometric stations, and found clear patterns of change in flood timing. Warmer temperatures have led to earlier spring snowmelt floods throughout northeastern Europe; delayed winter storms associated with polar warming have led to later winter floods around the North Sea and some sectors of the Mediterranean coast; and earlier soil moisture maxima have led to earlier winter floods in western Europe. Our results highlight the existence of a clear climate signal in flood observations at the continental scale.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an interpretation of Neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region, specifically Greece and the former Yugoslavia region, has been proposed, based on evidence from Greece and former Yugoslavia.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new macro-mechanical model for fatigue life prediction, taking into account an elastic-plastic stress distribution and the stress gradient evolution, is introduced.
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TL;DR: Using a factorial analysis design of experiment (DOE), optimum process parameters were found to improve dimensional accuracy on rectangular test specimens, minimizing changes in length, width and height.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Leonard Barolli | 47 | 1145 | 9969 |
Makoto Takizawa | 37 | 939 | 8518 |
Evjola Spaho | 19 | 169 | 1295 |
Kamil Ustaszewski | 19 | 49 | 2322 |
Vladi Kolici | 13 | 80 | 637 |
Donald Elmazi | 13 | 113 | 692 |
Rozeta Miho | 12 | 36 | 351 |
P. Malkaj | 11 | 32 | 485 |
Yi Liu | 11 | 79 | 481 |
Flavio D'Alessandro | 11 | 60 | 364 |
Kostaq Hila | 10 | 69 | 392 |
Ilda Kazani | 10 | 25 | 483 |
Kevin Bylykbashi | 9 | 69 | 296 |
Shkelzen Cakaj | 9 | 45 | 253 |
Arianit Maraj | 8 | 43 | 194 |