Seamless mapping of long-term (2010–2020) daily global XCO₂ and XCH₄ from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO... by Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Q. Yuan, T. Li, Y. Yang, S. Zhou, L. Zhang

“…Moreover, the fused results present coincident spatial patterns with GOSAT and OCO-2, which accurately display the long-term and seasonal changes in globally distributed XCO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and XCH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span>. …”
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Stratospheric modulation of Arctic Oscillation extremes as represented by extended-range ensemble forecasts by J. Spaeth, T. Birner

“…Here we exploit a large set of extended-range ensemble forecasts within the subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) framework to obtain an improved characterization of the modulation of AO extremes due to stratosphere–troposphere coupling. …”
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Trophic niche of the fox &lt;em&gt;Vulpes vulpes&lt;/em&gt; in the Ticino Valley (Northern Italy) / Nicchia trofica della volpe &lt;em&gt;Vulpes vulpes&lt;/em&gt; nella valle del T... by Claudio Prigioni, Franca Tacchi

“…The fox uses several food categories, but only some of them are seasonally important. &lt;strong&gt;Riassunto&lt;/strong&gt; La dieta della specie è stata studiata analizzando 223 feci raccolte con cadenza mensile nel 1985 e 1986. …”
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Twórca w czasach przełomu: nowe formy wyrażania wiary i religijności w tekstach Vaidotasa Daunysa by Małgorzata Kasner

“…In 1985, he published his first book of poetry, entitled Metų laikai [The Four Seasons]; the next one, Kelio ženklai [Road Signs], appeared in 1999, after the poet’s death. …”
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Planted or Natural Pine Forests, Which One Will Better Recover after Drought? Insights from Tree Growth and Stable C and H Isotopes by Rafael Mª Navarro-Cerrillo, Antonio M. Cachinero-Vivar, Francisco J. Ruiz-Gómez, J. Julio Camarero, José A. González-Pérez, Óscar Pérez-Priego

“…A response function analysis showed contrasting seasonal growth patterns for both species, which were related to monthly mean temperature and precipitation. …”
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Book Reviews by Carl Johan Berglund, Bim Berglund O'Reilly, Göran Eidevall, LarsOlov Eriksson, Magnus Evertsson, Tord Fornberg, Stefan Green, Donald A. Hagner, Tobias Hägerland, Mikael Larsson, Jan H. Nylund, Staffan Olofsson, Jan Retsö, Rikard Roitto, Blaženka Scheuer, Colleen Shantz, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Walter Überlacker, Cecilia Wassén, David Willgren

“…Howard Jr (ed.), The Psalms: Language for All Seasons of the Soul (David Willgren) Jens Schröter, From Jesus to the New Testament: Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon (Rikard Roitto) Jens Schröter och Jürgen K. …”
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دراسة بعض مؤشرات تلوث تربة ومياه نهر الرميلة في منطقة جبلة - اللاذقية by عيسى كبيبو, إبراهيم نيصافي, مصطفى بدا

“…However, Cd concentration in the river water in all seasons and sites was excessive and higher than the permissible limit for water discharge into seas estimated at 0.05 mg/l, whereas the other parameters were lower than the permissible limits according to the Syrian Standards. …”
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Evaluación de la nutrición nitrogenada en nuevas variedades de papa aptas para el procesamiento industrial Nitrogen nutrition assessesment in new potato processing cultivars by Claudia Marcela Giletto, Jorge Edgardo Rattín, Hernán Eduardo Echeverría, Daniel Osmar Caldiz

“…A crucial aspect within this profile is nitrogen nutrition. During 2003/04 seasons nitrogen nutrition was assessed in potato processing cultivars (Innovator, Russet Burbank, Gem Russet and Bannock Russet). …”
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Application of stakeholder analysis in designing the framework and identifying priorities for organizing land use in the south basin of Urmia Lake by Mansour Ghanian, latif mohammadzadeh, Afshin Marzban, Somayeh Shadkam

“…Results and DiscussionResults showed that behaviors of "change in the method of planting crops", "change of land use" and "use of native cultivars", in the group of farmers with change of land use, and behaviors of "seasonal migration of the head of the household to another place of work", "increase of use" "Chemical fertilizers and pesticides" and "permanent migration to the city" in the group of farmers without land use change are in the first to third priorities. …”
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Water-potassium coupling at different growth stages improved kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) quality and water/potassium productivity without yield loss in the humid areas of South Chin... by Ningbo Cui, Mingjun Wang, Qingyao Zou, Zhihui Wang, Shouzheng Jiang, Xi Chen, Yuxuan Zha, Lu Xiang, Lu Zhao

“…Precise water and nutrient regulation are the key to improving fruit quality and water productivity for kiwifruit orchards in Central Sichuan's hilly region where seasonal drought is becoming increasingly severe. Here, an experiment was set up to clarify how water-potassium coupling at different growth stages affects kiwifruit yield, water/potassium productivity and quality. …”
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Constraining the budget of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide using a 3-D chemical transport model by M. P. Cartwright, M. P. Cartwright, R. J. Pope, R. J. Pope, J. J. Harrison, J. J. Harrison, M. P. Chipperfield, M. P. Chipperfield, C. Wilson, C. Wilson, W. Feng, W. Feng, D. P. Moore, D. P. Moore, P. Suntharalingam

“…</p> <p>We find that calculating vegetative uptake using the LRU underestimates the surface seasonal cycle amplitude (SCA) in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) mid-latitudes and high latitudes by approximately 37 ppt (35 %). …”
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COVID-19 and Access to Kidney Transplantation for Older Candidates in the United States: A National Registry Study by Gayathri Menon, Yiting Li, Amrusha Musunuru, Laura B. Zeiser, Allan B. Massie, Dorry L. Segev, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco

“…Analytical Approach: Poisson regression for the adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR) of each outcome during the COVID-19 waves and the nonwave period relative to reference (January 1, 2016-December 31, 2019), adjusted for seasonality and secular trends. Results: Waitlist registrations initially declined and increased henceforth. …”
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Reported Global Avian Influenza Detections Among Humans and Animals During 2013-2022: Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Available Surveillance Data by Christine M Szablewski, Chelsea Iwamoto, Sonja J Olsen, Carolyn M Greene, Lindsey M Duca, C Todd Davis, Kira C Coggeshall, William W Davis, Gideon O Emukule, Philip L Gould, Alicia M Fry, David E Wentworth, Vivien G Dugan, James C Kile, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

“…The median time from illness onset to the notification posted on the WHO event information site was 15 days (IQR 9-30 days; mean 24 days). Seasonality patterns of animal outbreaks and human infections with AI viruses were very similar, occurred year-round, and peaked during November through May. …”
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دراسة تأثير نظام الإنتاج العضوي في مواصفات ثمار صنف الزيتون الدعيبلي ونسبة الزيت ومؤشرات جودته by جرجس مخول, محمد نداف, محمد أحمد, غادة قطمة, سهيل مخول, نزار حمود, وسام مصة, محمود داوود

“… This research was conducted during the seasons 2015- 2016, in collaboration between Ministry of High Education and General Commission of Agricultural Scientific Research (GCSAR). …”
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Effect of Relay Triple Intercropping Arrangements of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris), Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), and Mung Bean (Vigna radiate L.) on Yield and Yield Components by Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Alireza koocheki, Mina Hooshmand, Mohammad hassan Hatefi farajian

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of relay intercropping as replacement series of three plant species such as chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), mung bean (Vigna radiate L.), and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), on the yield, yield components, and land equivalent ratio under climatic conditions of Mashhad.Materials and MethodsA field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Station of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, during the growing seasons of 2015-2016. For this purpose, a randomized complete block design with three replications was used. …”
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Operations Management at the service of health care management: Example of a proposal for action research to plan and schedule health resources in scenarios derived from the COVID-... by Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Jose P. Garcia-Sabater, Angel Ruiz, Julien Maheut, Julio J. Garcia-Sabater

“…These tools have been shown to be useful and reliable in manufacturing and service contexts that show a strong seasonal demand (both occasional and recurring) requiring a great deal of resources. …”
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Contributions of nitrated aromatic compounds to the light absorption of water-soluble and particulate brown carbon in different atmospheric environments in Germany and China by M. Teich, D. van Pinxteren, M. Wang, S. Kecorius, Z. Wang, T. Müller, G. Močnik, H. Herrmann

“…</p><p class="p">High-volume filter samples were collected during six campaigns, performed at five locations in two seasons: (I) two campaigns with strong influence of biomass-burning (BB) aerosol at the TROPOS institute (winter, 2014, urban background, Leipzig, Germany) and the Melpitz research site (winter, 2014, rural background); (II) two campaigns with strong influence from biogenic emissions at Melpitz (summer, 2014) and the forest site Waldstein (summer, 2014, Fichtelgebirge, Germany); and (III) two CAREBeijing-NCP campaigns at Xianghe (summer, 2013, anthropogenic polluted background) and Wangdu (summer, 2014, anthropogenic polluted background with a distinct BB episode), both in the North China Plain. …”
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Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) cloud screening algorithms: validation against collocated MODIS and CALIOP data by T. E. Taylor, C. W. O'Dell, C. Frankenberg, P. T. Partain, H. Q. Cronk, A. Savtchenko, R. R. Nelson, E. J. Rosenthal, A. Y. Chang, B. Fisher, G. B. Osterman, R. H. Pollock, D. Crisp, A. Eldering, M. R. Gunson

“…<br><br>No major, systematic, spatial or temporal dependencies were found, although slight differences in the seasonal data sets do exist and validation is more problematic with increasing solar zenith angle and when surfaces are covered in snow and ice and have complex topography. …”
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Analysis of Different Types of Droughts and Their Characteristics in Iran Using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) by N. Torabinezhad, A. Zarrin, A.A. Dadashi-Roudbari

“…The eastern and southeastern parts of Iran have experienced a longer duration and larger magnitude of drought than the western and northwestern Iran, which can be caused by the climate conditions of this region, i.e., high temperature and evapotranspiration and less precipitation, and seasonality. The maximum magnitude of drought in Iran is related to socio-economic drought (SPEI-24) followed by hydrological drought (SPEI-12). …”
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Space-temporal dynamics of limnological variables in a floodplain wetland located at Ribeira do Iguape Valley (São Paulo, Brazil) at different hydrological periods Dinâmica espaço-... by Roseli Frederigi Benassi, Rogério Herlon Furtado Freire, Maria do Carmo Calijuri

“…Total alkalinity and suspended solids were also quantified; RESULTS: The Multivariate Analysis of Variance showed the influence of the seasonality on the variability of the investigated variables, while the Principal Component Analysis gave rise in two statistical significant axes, which delimited two groups representative of the rainy and dry periods. …”
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