On the validation of models

TL;DR: In this paper, the application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ETo ) as a function of local maximum and minimum air temperatures as well as exogenous relative humidity and reference ETo in different continental contexts of the autonomous Valencia region, on the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

TL;DR: In this article, NHWAVE is used to predict the structure of the mean velocity and vorticity fields including large-scale breaking-induced coherent vortices in deep-water breaking events, where the absence of turbulence-induced eddy viscosity results in the overprediction of the velocity and volumetric field in the breaking region.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study on the critical phases of disaster management, including mitigation as part of the recovery process after a disaster, as in the case of the Nepal earthquake.

TL;DR: In this article, a rigorous model based on the numerical simulation of one-dimensional, unsteady of advection-dispersion-adsorption equation (UADAE) solved by the implicit finite difference method (IFDM), has been employed to simulate the dynamic adsorption of Cd(II) ions on ostrich bone ash (OBA)/nanoscale zerovalent iron particles (nZVI) composite in a fixed-bed column system.

TL;DR: In this paper, an equation that predicts downcoming long-wave radiation from clear skies on the basis of screen air temperature and vapor pressure has been developed, which fits measured data at extremes of temperature and humidity better than existing equations, and exhibits comparable accuracy at intermediate values.

TL;DR: In this paper, an empirical method for interpolating monthly precipitation totals within California is described and evaluated using 120 monthly precipitation total observed from 1961-1970 at each of 90 randomly selected stations in California and a P-mode principal components analysis of a co-variance matrix, four independent sources of precipitation variability were identified and quantitatively paraphrased.

TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model based on standard meteorological data, as described above, can be used to extend the data base for design purposes, and the model is used to compute the amount of direct solar flux.

TL;DR: In this paper, the maximum likelihood estimators of α and β under functional and structural models are discussed, and the least square procedure is also considered, leading to a quadratic equation which can be solved to give an estimate of β.