Characterization of the precipitation in southwestern part of Greece with X-band Doppler radar, 2-D video disdrometer and rain gauges

We document precipitation in the southwestern part of Greece with the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) X-band radar, NOA 2D video disdrometer and a network of rain gauges.The observations were collected between February and April 2004.Time evolution of the drop size COMBO SMOOTHIE STRAWS BENT distribution (DSD) is presented for the 9 March 2004

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Study on the mechanism of the black crust formation on the ancient marble sculptures and the effect of pollution in Beijing area

In Beijing area, the precious stone objects often suffer from the black crusts on the specific parts of the objects, in order to understand the forming mechanism of the black crusts, samples from the stone sculptures in Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, ZHIHUA Temple and Museum of Western Zhou Yandu Relics were taken and studied.Nondestructive meas

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Comparative transcriptomics of tropical woody plants supports fast and furious strategy along the leaf economics spectrum in lianas

Lianas, climbing woody plants, influence the structure and function of tropical forests.Climbing traits Dryer Fan Bearing have evolved multiple times, including ancestral groups such as gymnosperms and pteridophytes, but the genetic basis of the liana strategy is largely unknown.Here, we use a comparative transcriptomic approach for 47 tropical pla

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