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We propose a new method to test for the existence of the bandwagon effect, the notion that voters are more likely to vote for a given candidate if they expect the candidate to win. Two-round election systems with a large number of single-member districts offer an ideal testing ground because...
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are probably triggered by a runoff-induced mechanism. A revised prediction model was introduced for this kind of gully … provides a new way to predict the occurrence of debris flows initiated by a runoff-induced mechanism. Copyright Springer …
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A study was conducted to estimate the runoff in urbanized zone using Soil Conservation Services Curve Number (SCS … area. The CN map shows the ranges that 92–100 is the major CN area with high runoff potential zone of the study region. At … the final stage, the runoff was estimated by the maximum successive rainfall received in this study area in two different …
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increased the mean runoff and sediment yield. With film mulching, the mean runoff and soil losses among M1 and M2 treatments had … significant differences between the mean runoff and soil losses of M0 and M1 treatments. Compared with the M2 treatment, the M0 … treatment had significantly reduced mean runoff and soil losses of all the events. Non-mulching increased the total nitrogen (TN …
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This work presents the development of a rainfall-runoff model for the Iguaçu River basin in southern Brazil. The model …
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the impacts of climate change and human activities on the runoff for the Huifa River basin. They employed a soil and water … assessment tool (SWAT), which was calibrated for the baseline period 1956–1964, and then used to reconstruct the natural runoff … observed runoff. Climate change impacts on annual runoff were −37.7, −59.5, +36.9, and −45.2 mm/a for 1965–1975, 1976 …
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System (GIS) to estimate potential erosion and deposition rates within the catchment and the concentrations of sediment in a … torrential floods as a consequence of strong rainfall of short duration. The soil erosion and sediment discharge were analysed in … sediment discharge in watersheds of torrential character is achieved during storm events, the SHETRAN modelling system was …
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Climate change and human activities have been identified as the two main reasons for the change in runoff. To better … understand the factors causing runoff change, this paper develops an integrated approach which combined the elasticity … approach (using SIMHYD models) for partitioning the impacts of climate change and human activities on surface runoff. The …
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runoff and to understand sensitiveness of model input parameters in a predominantly forested watershed in Kumaun region of … is performed on 13 input variables in terms of model outputs such as water yield, surface runoff and baseflow to gain in …
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a change in the magnitude of the resulting runoff. The empirical hydrological model was able to distinguish impact of … empirical hydrological modelling greatly improves the ability to analyse the impact of land use on catchment runoff. The model …
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