Preprints
There are 4715 Preprints listed.
Matilda v1.0: An R package for probabilistic climate projections using a reduced complexity climate model
Published: 2023-09-15
Subjects: Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
A primary advantage to using reduced complexity climate models (RCMs) has been their ability to quickly conduct probabilistic climate projections, a key component of uncertainty quantification in many impact studies and multisector systems. Providing frameworks for such analyses has been a target of several RCMs used in studies of the future co-evolution of the human and Earth systems. In this [...]
Obtaining backwater length estimates in modern and ancient fluvio-deltaic settings: review and proposal of standardized workflows
Published: 2023-09-15
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
The backwater effect (i.e. channel flow influence by a body of standing water) is used to predict down-dip changes in fluvial morphodynamics and consequent sediment distribution on delta plains. These changes include downstream fining, decrease in sinuosity, and deepening and narrowing of channel belt deposits. This study reviews existing methods for estimating backwater length in ancient and [...]
Intraplate Stress of the Pacific Plate Inferred from Global Mantle Flow Models
Published: 2023-09-13
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
The intraplate stresses of the Earth's oceanic plates, which can be measured by geophysical and geological approaches (i.e., focal mechanisms, borehole breakouts, in situ stress measurements, fault slip analysis, volcanic vent alignments, etc.) is crucial for understanding the origin of the intraplate stress field of plate motion. The Pacific plate, which is the largest oceanic plate on Earth, [...]
Is the smoke aloft? Caveats regarding the use of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product as a proxy for surface smoke presence across the United States
Published: 2023-09-13
Subjects: Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Background: NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product comprises smoke plumes digitized from satellite imagery. Recent studies have used HMS as a proxy for surface smoke presence. Aims: We quantify how well HMS agrees with airport observations, air quality station measurements, and model estimates of near-surface smoke. Methods: We quantify the agreement in smoke days and trends, [...]
Robust estimates of the ratio between S- and P-wave velocity anomalies in the Earth's mantle using normal modes
Published: 2023-09-13
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
A direct evaluation of long-term global Leaf Area Index (LAI) products using massive high-quality LAI validation samples derived from Landsat archive
Published: 2023-09-12
Subjects: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
The long-term global Leaf Area Index (LAI) products are critical supports for characterizing the changes in land surface and its interactions with other components of the Earth system under the dramatic global change. However, intercomparisons between current available long-term global LAI products present significant spatiotemporal inconsistencies which have been a persistent source of [...]
Enhancing Hydrological Modeling with Transformers: A Case Study for 24-Hour Streamflow Prediction
Published: 2023-09-12
Subjects: Environmental Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering
In this paper, we address the critical task of 24-hour streamflow forecasting using advanced deep-learning models, with a primary focus on the Transformer architecture which has seen limited application in this specific task. We compare the performance of five different models, including Persistence, LSTM, Seq2Seq, GRU, and Transformer, across four distinct regions. The evaluation is based on [...]
Continental scale hydrostratigraphy: comparing geologically informed data products to analytical solutions
Published: 2023-09-12
Subjects: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology, Hydrology
This study synthesizes two different methods for estimating hydraulic conductivity (K) at large scales. We derive analytical approaches that estimate K and apply them to the contiguous US. We then compare these analytical approaches to three-dimensional, national gridded K data products and three transmissivity (T) data products developed from publicly available sources. We evaluate these data [...]
Continental scale hydrostratigraphy: basin-scale testing of alternative data-driven approaches
Published: 2023-09-11
Subjects: Earth Sciences
Integrated hydrological modeling is an effective method for understanding interactions between parts of the hydrologic cycle, quantifying water resources, and furthering knowledge of hydrologic processes. However, these models are dependent on robust and accurate datasets that physically represent spatial characteristics as model inputs. This study evaluates multiple data-driven approaches for [...]
FloodGame: An Interactive 3D Serious Game on Flood Mitigation for Disaster Awareness and Education
Published: 2023-09-08
Subjects: Environmental Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Risk Analysis, Science and Mathematics Education
The number and devastating impacts of natural disasters have grown significantly worldwide, and floods are one of the most dangerous and frequent natural disasters. Recent studies emphasize the importance of public awareness in disaster preparedness and response activities. FloodGame is designed as a web-based interactive serious game geared towards educating K-12 and college students and raising [...]
Estimating Three-Dimensional Displacements with InSAR: the Strapdown Approach
Published: 2023-09-08
Subjects: Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Deformation phenomena on Earth are inherently three dimensional. With InSAR, in many practical situations the maximum number of observations is two (ascending and descending), resulting in an infinite number of possible displacement estimates. Here we propose a practical solution to this underdeterminancy problem in the form of the strapdown approach. With the strapdown approach it is possible to [...]
Soil moisture effects on InSAR - a correction approach and example from a hyper-arid region
Published: 2023-09-08
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
We present Interferometric Synthetic Aperture data spanning a series of precipitation events that impacted the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula in 2017-2018. The arid climate, sparse vegetation and low topographic relief result in very high interferometric coherence magnitude between most pairs of dates, even for those separated by multiple years. For pairs of dates with differing soil [...]
Machine Learning in Petrology: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives
Published: 2023-09-08
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
The present manuscript reports on the state-of-the-art and future perspectives of Machine Learning (ML) in petrology. To achieve this goal, it first introduces the basics of ML, including definitions, core concepts, and applications. Then, it starts reviewing the state-of-the-art of ML in petrology. Established applications mainly concern the so-called data-driven discovery and involve specific [...]
A Cascadia Slab Model from Receiver Functions
Published: 2023-09-08
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Geophysics and Seismology
We map the characteristic signature of the subducting Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates along the entire Cascadia forearc from northern Vancouver Island, Canada to Cape Mendocino in northern California, USA, using teleseismic receiver functions. The subducting oceanic crustal complex, possibly including subcreted material, is parameterized by three horizons capable of generating mode-converted waves: [...]
Development of a Deep Neural Network (DNN) Model for Feature Selection from Satellite Images
Published: 2023-09-07
Subjects: Other Earth Sciences, Other Environmental Sciences
Advances in space-based observation, using remotely sensed data, has proved to be an important tool to monitor the globe, including the areas inaccessible to humans. The Sundarban deltaic region, witnessing the confluence of vast expanses of tropical mangrove forests, tidal rivers, and estuaries, is one such area. Considered as one of the richest biodiversity hotspot zones on earth, home to a [...]