Evidence of Terrain-Induced Windshear Due to Lantau Island over the Third Runway of the Hong Kong International Airport—Examples and Numerical Simulations by Pak Wai Chan, Kai Kwong Lai

“…It is found that, though 07LA is located at least 4 km from the foothills of Lantau Island, which has peaks rising to about 1 km above mean sea level, the terrain-induced airflow disturbances could, at times, extend to 7–8 km away from the mountains to bring about low-level windshear and turbulence to this runway corridor. …”
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Performance of subsurface drainage systems considering groundwater flow directions and network alignment by Walaa Abd-Elaziz, Atef Elsaiad, Gehan A. H. Sallam, Alban Kuriqi, Ashraf A. Ahmed, Ismail Abd-Elaty

“…The groundwater levels reached 5.63, 5.33, and 5.51 m above mean sea level for the three orientations, respectively, at the baseline case. …”
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Controls on coastal saline groundwater across North America by Daniel V Kretschmer, Holly A Michael, Nils Moosdorf, Gualbert H P Oude Essink, Marc F P Bierkens, Thorsten Wagener, Robert Reinecke

“…The simulation results suggest that under a steady climate and pre-development conditions (i.e. steady 30-year mean groundwater recharge, no withdrawals nor sea level rise) saline groundwater is present in 18.6% of North America’s coastal zone, defined as up to 100 km inland and up to 100 m above mean sea level. We find that the coastal zone is particularly vulnerable to containing saline groundwater at low hydraulic gradients (<10 ^−4 ) and large hydraulic conductivities (>10 ^−2 m d ^−1 ). …”
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