Variation of the Köppen C/D climate boundary in the central United States during the 20th century
The spatial and temporal variation of the C/D Köppen climate boundary in the central United States is examined for the period 1900 to 1999. The C/D climate boundary is determined by differences in winter conditions. It represents the equatorward
edge of a persistent snow cover during winter. The most anomalous feature for the decadal maps is the distinct southerly location of the C/D boundary for the recent decade of the 1970s. This study does not provide evidence of a trend toward wintertime
warming and a northerly migration of the C/D climate boundary within the central United States.
Thermo-topographically induced winds in the boundary layer over the Etosha Pan
Boundary layer winds over the Etosha Pan in Namibia reveal a diurnal oscillation. An analysis of this phenomenon is presented with relation to synoptic forcing and thermo-topographical forcing. - (AJC)
On the influence of boundary Pixels in the unsupervised classification process of remote sensing images
In a remote sensing image, an important number of pixels are the mixed type, with more than one type of objects being simulataneously visible on the corresponding terrain element. Particular case is represented by the boundary pixels, found along
The Gulf of Venezuela sea boundary : a problem between friends
Diplomatic settlement of the maritime boundary between Venezuela and Colombia has been hampered by two different perspectives on the dispute. Venezuela bases its claims over gulf waters in part on its possession of the islands ( Los Monjes
The boundaries are viewed as transitional zones where the complex change their characteristics. The abrupt boundaries could be observed quite infrequently and the problem of fixing the boundaries is related to the tasks. - (S. Velev).
The significance of the political boundary in the Apartheid State, with particular reference to Transkei
The paper seeks to assess the function of Black homeland boundaries in the context of the political economy of South Africa. Aspects examined include the legal framework, resource allocation, labour migrancy, and problems of definition. (AJC).
Boundary dispute between municipalities. The case of Ohmuta and Arao cities on the Ariake bay in Kyushu
The boundary dispute between Ohmuta (Fukuoka Prefecture) and Arao (Kumamoto Prefecture) is one of the typical disputes on the reclaimed land, where each administrative unit anticipates receiving tax income. (SGA).
Boundaries as a topic in geographic education. The case of Israel
This paper examines the way in which Zionist ideology has used the discipline of geography to create certain beliefs relating to the boundaries of the territory. The centralized educational system has transmitted dual and confused messages
on the question of Israel's boundaries. The presentation of borders is imprecise and there is an avoidance of any discussion of this question. The relations between ideology, power and knowledge are studied.
This paper briefly reviews four selected areas in which geographer-climatologists have made, and continue to make, significant contributions to physical and boundary-layer climatology : 1) mountain and alpine, 2) urban, 3) land-surface, and 4) large
-scale physical climatology. This review reveals several mutual concerns of sampling, methods of analysis, and modeling that are evident across the range of physical and boundary-layer climatology.
The significance of the Great Wall as a geographic boundary
Agricultural region ; Boundary ; China ; Climatic region ; Territory
, it had the function of separating two political units. Today, it has lost its function of military works for territorial expansion and defence, but it is the significant indicator of a geographic boundary.
Die Beziehung der äolischen Decksedimente in Nordwestdeutschland zur nordlichen Lossgrenze The relationship between the Aeolian cover sediments in North-West Germany and the Northern loess boundary
Local field studies in the Lower Rhine area, however, revealed, that some aeolian sediments beyond the northern loess boundary must be considered as loess. As a result of this the northern loess boundary has to be redefined.
Namibia's Orange river boundary - Origin and reemerged effects of an inattentive colonial boundary delimitation in A new South Africa - A new South African geography?.
Modelling of the thermal conditions at the Greenland ice sheet margin during Holocene deglaciation: boundary conditions for moraine formation
Boundary ; Deglaciation ; Greenland ; Holocene ; Ice sheet ; Model ; Moraine ; Quaternary ; Soil temperature ; Temperature
The specific geomorphological problem addressed in this paper is which thermal conditions determined moraine formation in west Greenland during Holocene deglaciation. Ice sheet modelling and geothermal research are used to delineate boundary
Limnic and terrestrial sedimentation and the N/Q boundary in the Pannonian basin in Problems of the Neogene and Quaternary in the Carpathian Basin.
The change from limnic to terrestrial sedimentation is regarded as a marker of the N/Q boundary in the Carpathian basin. It is roughly synchronous with the Matuyama-Gauss paleomagnetic reversal (million years). The boundary is easy to trace
Tectonic geomorphology at a plate boundary : a transect across Hawke Bay, New Zealand in The geomorphology of plate boundaries and active continental margins.
The A. states that territoriality is based on three elements: an individual, an instrument, and an object. Territories are marked by spatial changes over time and through mutual relationships. Every boundary characterizes an area according to its
own regulations of life. Territories on either side of a boundary show differing networks of spatial relationships. The boundary does not only limit a territory but also the range of activity of a generally recognized instrument such as money. One can
deduce that to alter the significance of a boundary means to change the character of a territory.
Boundary making and regional identities in a globalized environment : rebordering the Nariva Swamp, Trinidad
From the perspective of critical geopolitics, boundary making for conservation purposes is understood as an act of power embedded within a discourse of environmental geopolitics. The A. illustrates a process of reborderings in which local, state
, and international actors engaged in a contest to define conservation boundaries and produce bounded identities within the Nariva Swamp. State and local practices were influenced in complex ways, and relations of power were altered on multiple levels.