Tropospheric ozone profiles by DIAL at Maïdo Observatory (Reunion Island): system description, instrumental performance and result comparison with ozone external data set by V. Duflot, V. Duflot, J.-L. Baray, G. Payen, N. Marquestaut, F. Posny, J.-M. Metzger, B. Langerock, C. Vigouroux, J. Hadji-Lazaro, T. Portafaix, M. De Mazière, P.-F. Coheur, C. Clerbaux, C. Clerbaux, J.-P. Cammas, J.-P. Cammas

“…In particular, the Southern Hemisphere biomass burning seasonal enhancement and the ozonopause altitude decrease in late austral winter–spring, as well as the sign of deep convection bringing boundary layer O₃-poor air masses up to the middle–upper troposphere in late austral summer, are clearly visible in all data sets.…”
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An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: The Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) by Shubha Sathyendranath, Robert J.W. Brewin, Carsten Brockmann, Vanda Brotas, Ben Calton, Andrei Chuprin, Paolo Cipollini, André B. Couto, James Dingle, Roland Doerffer, Craig Donlon, Mark Dowell, Alex Farman, Mike Grant, Steve Groom, Andrew Horseman, Thomas Jackson, Hajo Krasemann, Samantha Lavender, Victor Martinez-Vicente, Constant Mazeran, Frédéric Mélin, Timothy S. Moore, Dagmar Müller, Peter Regner, Shovonlal Roy, Chris J. Steele, François Steinmetz, John Swinton, Malcolm Taberner, Adam Thompson, André Valente, Marco Zühlke, Vittorio E. Brando, Hui Feng, Gene Feldman, Bryan A. Franz, Robert Frouin, Richard W. Gould, Stanford B. Hooker, Mati Kahru, Susanne Kratzer, B. Greg Mitchell, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Heidi M. Sosik, Kenneth J. Voss, Jeremy Werdell, Trevor Platt

“…Time series of the products at the global scale and at high spatial resolution, derived from ocean-colour data, are key to studying the dynamics of phytoplankton at seasonal and inter-annual scales; their role in marine biogeochemistry; the global carbon cycle; the modulation of how phytoplankton distribute solar-induced heat in the upper layers of the ocean; and the response of the marine ecosystem to climate variability and change. …”
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Constraining emissions of volatile organic compounds from western US wildfires with WE-CAN and FIREX-AQ airborne observations by L. Jin, W. Permar, V. Selimovic, V. Selimovic, D. Ketcherside, R. J. Yokelson, R. S. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, I.-T. Ku, J. L. Collett Jr., A. P. Sullivan, D. A. Jaffe, D. A. Jaffe, J. R. Pierce, A. Fried, M. M. Coggon, G. I. Gkatzelis, G. I. Gkatzelis, G. I. Gkatzelis, C. Warneke, E. V. Fischer, L. Hu

“…Considering both uncertainties in effective dry matter burned (<span class="inline-formula">×</span> 3) and unmodeled VOCs (<span class="inline-formula">×</span> 2), we infer that BB contributed to 10 % in 2019 and 45 % in 2018 (240 and 2040 <span class="inline-formula">Gg C</span>) of the total VOC primary emission flux in the western USA during these two fire seasons, compared to only 1 %–10 % in the standard GEOS-Chem.…”
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A D-vine copula-based quantile regression towards merging satellite precipitation products over rugged topography: a case study in the upper Tekeze–Atbara Basin by M. Abdallah, M. Abdallah, M. Abdallah, K. Zhang, K. Zhang, K. Zhang, K. Zhang, K. Zhang, L. Chao, L. Chao, L. Chao, A. Omer, K. Hassaballah, K. Welde Reda, K. Welde Reda, L. Liu, L. Liu, T. L. Tola, T. L. Tola, O. M. Nour, O. M. Nour, O. M. Nour

“…The DVQR model was employed during the 2001–2017 summer monsoon seasons and compared with two other quantile regression methods based on the multivariate linear (MLQR) and the Bayesian model averaging (BMAQ) techniques, respectively, and with two traditional merging methods – the simple modeling average (SMA) and the one-outlier-removed average (OORA) – using descriptive and categorical statistics. …”
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Distribution Characteristics of Microplastics in Wild Fish near Changshan Islands by Guoqi ZHANG, Di MENG, Bin XIA, Rongyuan WANG, Keming QU, Xuemei SUN, Zhihua FENG

“…The fish community between the islands is rich in species, especially in many migratory species, and high in species diversity. The seasonal change of fish species composition and dominant species is obvious. …”
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Ship- and aircraft-based XCH₄ over oceans as a new tool for satellite validation by A. Müller, H. Tanimoto, T. Sugita, P. K. Patra, P. K. Patra, S. Nakaoka, T. Machida, I. Morino, A. Butz, A. Butz, K. Shiomi

“…<span class="inline-formula">XCH₄</span> dataset accurately captures seasonal variations in <span class="inline-formula">CH₄</span> over the ocean. …”
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Surface energy balance fluxes in a suburban area of Beijing: energy partitioning variability by J. Dou, J. Dou, S. Grimmond, S. Miao, S. Miao, B. Huang, H. Lei, M. Liao

“…The results have larger seasonal variability in energy partitioning compared to previous suburban studies. …”
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Development of management strategies for protection and rehabilitation of Jazmourian lagoon using the VIKOR multi-criteria decision model by Mehdi Foladi, Rasoul Mahdavi Najafabadi, Marzeyh Rezai, Hamid Moslemi

“…Jazmourian, with its specific structure and an area of 3300 square kilometers, is one of the seasonal lagoons located among Sistan and Baluchestan and Kerman provinces. …”
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Unraveling the Dynamics of Omicron (BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5) Waves and Emergence of the Deltacron Variant: Genomic Epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in Cyprus (Oct 2021–Oct 2022... by Andreas C. Chrysostomou, Bram Vrancken, Christos Haralambous, Maria Alexandrou, Ioanna Gregoriou, Marios Ioannides, Costakis Ioannou, Olga Kalakouta, Christos Karagiannis, Markella Marcou, Christina Masia, Michail Mendris, Panagiotis Papastergiou, Philippos C. Patsalis, Despo Pieridou, Christos Shammas, Dora C. Stylianou, Barbara Zinieri, Philippe Lemey, The COMESSAR Network, Leondios G. Kostrikis

“…Notably, this discovery decisively contradicts the hitherto hypothesis of seasonal fluctuations in the virus’s epidemiological dynamics. …”
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History of the Botanic Garden of the Stefan Batory University in Vilna (Vilnius) (1919–1939) (in Polish) by Alicja Zemanek, Piotr Köhler

“…There were some obstacles to the further development of the institution, namely substantially inadequate funds as well as too few members of the personnel (1–3 gardeners, and 1–3 seasonal workers). The area of the Garden, covering approx. 2 hectares was situated on the left bank of the Neris river (Polish: Wilia). …”
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Measurement report: The 10-year trend of PM_2.5 major components and source tracers from 2008 to 2017 in an urban site of Hong Kong, China by W. S. Chow, K. Liao, X. H. H. Huang, K. F. Leung, A. K. H. Lau, J. Z. Yu, J. Z. Yu

“…The time series of pollutants were analyzed by the seasonal and trend decomposition using the locally estimated scatter plot smoothing (LOESS) method and general least squares with the autoregressive moving average method. …”
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Bending strength and stiffness of poles of argentinean Eucalyptus grandis by Torrán E.A, Sosa Zitto M.A, Cotrina A.D., Piter J.C.

“…These strength results are relatively high in comparison with values reported for seasoned sawn timber of the same species and they compare well with those published by the American standard ANSI 05.1c (2004) for poles of different species. …”
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Simulations of ⁷Be and ¹⁰Be with the GEOS-Chem global model v14.0.2 using state-of-the-art production rates by M. Zheng, M. Zheng, M. Zheng, H. Liu, H. Liu, F. Adolphi, F. Adolphi, R. Muscheler, Z. Lu, M. Wu, N. L. Prisle

“…Independent of the production models, surface air concentrations and deposition fluxes from all simulations show similar seasonal variations, suggesting a dominant meteorological influence. …”
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Estimation of NO₂ emission strengths over Riyadh and Madrid from space from a combination of wind-assigned anomalies and a machine learning technique by Q. Tu, Q. Tu, F. Hase, Z. Chen, M. Schneider, O. García, F. Khosrawi, S. Chen, T. Blumenstock, F. Liu, K. Qin, J. Cohen, Q. He, S. Lin, H. Jiang, H. Jiang, D. Fang, D. Fang

“…However, it might<span id="page2238"/> become challenging in some areas with complicated emission sources and topography, and specific NO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> decay times in different regions and seasons should be taken into account. These impacting factors should be considered in the future model to further reduce the uncertainty budget.…”
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High-Precision Calculation of the Proportions of Water with δ²H and δ¹⁸O, the Cumulative Effect of Evaporation in the Vertical Direction and Depleted δ<sup>2<... by Zhenyu Zeng, Xiang Zhang, Guoyan Pan, Yang Xiao

“…The <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">δ</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>H and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">δ</mi><mn>18</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>O values of groundwater varied little with changes of seasons and rainfalls. The <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">δ</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>H–<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">δ</mi><mn>18</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>O relationship lines established by various substances can also reflect the regulation of d-excess by large lakes through secondary sources.…”
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Mapping and Validation of <i>qHD7b:</i> Major Heading-Date QTL Functions Mainly under Long-Day Conditions by Amir Sohail, Liaqat Shah, Ling Liu, Anowerul Islam, Zhengfu Yang, Qinqin Yang, Galal Bakr Anis, Peng Xu, Riaz Muhammad Khan, Jiaxin Li, Xihong Shen, Shihua Cheng, Liyong Cao, Yingxin Zhang, Weixun Wu

“…Using a backcross population evaluated for four seasons under different day lengths and temperatures, the <i>qHD7b</i> interval was delimited to a 912.7-kb region, which is located between RM5436 and RM5499. …”
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The New Improved ZHD and Weighted Mean Temperature Models Based on GNSS and Radiosonde Data Using GPT3 and Fourier Function by Li Li, Ying Gao, Siyi Xu, Houxian Lu, Qimin He, Hang Yu

“…This article analyzed the seasonal variations of GPT3-ZHD and GPT3-<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>m</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> during the 2016–2020 period in the Yangtze River Delta region, and the new improved ZHD and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>m</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> models were established by the multi-order Fourier function. …”
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Probiotics to reduce antibiotic administration in care home residents aged 65 years and older: the PRINCESS RCT by Christopher C Butler, Eleri Owen-Jones, Mandy Lau, David Gillespie, Mark Lown, Philip C Calder, Helen Stanton, Mandy Wootton, Vivian Castro Herrera, Antony Bayer, Jane Davies, Alison Edwards, Mina Davoudianfar, Heather Rutter, Kerenza Hood, Michael Moore, Paul Little, Victoria Shepherd, Rachel Lowe, Elizabeth A Miles, Julia Townson, FD Richard Hobbs, Nick A Francis

“…There was no evidence that this probiotic combination improved blood immune cell numbers, subtypes or responses to seasonal influenza vaccination. Conclusions: Care home residents did not benefit from daily consumption of a combination of the probiotics Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 to reduce antibiotic consumption. …”
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Evaluating Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Data Consistency for High Spatiotemporal Inland and Coastal Water Quality Monitoring by Sidrah Hafeez, Man Sing Wong, Sawaid Abbas, Muhammad Asim

“…Time series analysis of the TSS showed that seasonal variation was well-captured by the combined use of sensors. …”
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Application of split-window algorithm to study urban heat island in Yazd county by Azin Norouzi, Uduz Norouzi

“…The results of this research confirm the capability of remote sensing in environmental studies, it is suggested to identify thermal islands in other seasons and at night and compare the results with the results of this research.…”
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