Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Abstract This study evaluated the performance of the satellite-based precipitation products PDIR-NOW and PERSIANN-CCS, both part of the PERSIANN system, in representing monthly and seasonal mean precipitation over the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (RJM), Brazil, during the period 2003–2024. The estimates were compared with observational data from the Alerta Rio monitoring network, aiming to asse…

Groundwater is a vital natural resource that supplies water for agricultural, industrial, and domestic sectors. Globally, groundwater has typically been quantified at coarse scales, which are unsuitable for finer-scale decision-making. This study was quantified groundwater recharge from Gidabo catchment in southern Ethiopia at a finer grid scale (0.1° ~11*11 km2). The approach utilized gridded mo…

Abstract In recent years, the rapid expansion of the civil aviation sector in Türkiye has increased the significance of aircraft-related emissions as a critical research topic due to their impacts on local air quality and climate change. Despite the growing number of studies addressing this issue, the existing literature remains methodologically fragmented in terms of analytical approaches, spati…

Abstract This study investigates historical and projected climate change in the Constantine Highlands watershed in northeastern Algeria. The historical analysis, based on the NASA POWER gridded dataset for the period 1990–2020, indicates a statistically significant warming trend, while precipitation exhibits a general but non-significant decreasing tendency across the study area. Future changes w…

Abstract Heritage is a living process—our legacy from the past, including social and ecological systems, within which we live today and pass on to future generations. Assessing climate change risks is essential for understanding how hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and responses interact to produce impacts for heritage. These interactions operate across diverse spatial and temporal scales. Curre…

As in glaciology, periglacial processes also occur in tropical regions, where altitude is the main controlling factor. Intertropical mountains that rise above the treeline (~ 4000 m a.s.l.) are exposed to various surface freezing dynamics, whether permanent, seasonal, or diurnal. However, the high elevation where periglacial dynamics occur means that in situ studies are scarce and observations ar…