AIMC Topic: Desert Climate

Clear Filters Showing 1 to 10 of 12 articles

Analysis and prediction of the axial compression properties of desert sand concrete with steel tube restraint based on an improved BP neural network model.

PloS one
Accurate analysis and prediction of axial compression are important for ensuring the construction quality and safety of desert sand recycled aggregate concrete confined by steel tubes. In this study, the axial compressive strength and elastic modulus...

Assessment of plant diversity index in degraded desert grassland using UAV hyperspectral multimodal data and Encoder-CNN.

Scientific reports
The biodiversity function of the desert steppe ecosystem faces many challenges under the pressure of climate change and human activities. Accurate and efficient assessment of plant diversity is critical for guiding desert steppe restoration efforts. ...

Species richness is an important mediator of multifunctionality changes in Hobq desert shrub ecosystem.

Scientific reports
Studying the biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships of the Hobq Desert shrub ecosystem and its response to environmental factors is crucial for ecological restoration in the region. In this study, we examined variations in biodiversity and...

Uncovering water conservation patterns in semi-arid regions through hydrological simulation and deep learning.

PloS one
Under the increasing pressure of global climate change, water conservation (WC) in semi-arid regions is experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. WC involves complex, nonlinear interactions among ecosystem components like vegetation, soil structur...

Enhancement of standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index predictions by machine learning based on regression and soft computing for Iran's arid and hyper-arid region.

PloS one
Drought is a climate risk that affects access to safe water, crop development, ecological stability, and food production. Therefore, developing drought prediction methods can lead to better management of surface and groundwater resources. Similarly, ...

Improving groundwater quality predictions in semi-arid regions using ensemble learning models.

Environmental science and pollution research international
Groundwater resources constitute one of the primary sources of freshwater in semi-arid and arid climates. Monitoring the groundwater quality is an essential component of environmental management. In this study, a comprehensive comparison was conducte...

Development of a robust daily soil temperature estimation in semi-arid continental climate using meteorological predictors based on computational intelligent paradigms.

PloS one
Changes in soil temperature (ST) play an important role in the main mechanisms within the soil, including biological and chemical activities. For instance, they affect the microbial community composition, the speed at which soil organic matter breaks...

Application of empirical mode decomposition, particle swarm optimization, and support vector machine methods to predict stream flows.

Environmental monitoring and assessment
Modeling stream flows is vital for water resource planning and flood and drought management. In this study, the performance of hybrid models constructed by combining least square support vector machines (LSSVM), empirical model decomposition (EMD), a...

Land-Use and Land-Cover Classification in Semi-Arid Areas from Medium-Resolution Remote-Sensing Imagery: A Deep Learning Approach.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Detailed Land-Use and Land-Cover (LULC) information is of pivotal importance in, e.g., urban/rural planning, disaster management, and climate change adaptation. Recently, Deep Learning (DL) has emerged as a paradigm shift for LULC classification. To ...