Long-term variability of extreme precipitation with WRF model at a complex terrain River Basin by Yinchi Zhang, Chao Deng, Wanling Xu, Yao Zhuang, Lizhi Jiang, Caiying Jiang, Xiaojun Guan, Jianhui Wei, Miaomiao Ma, Ying Chen, Jian Peng, Lu Gao

“…This study provides valuable insights for extreme precipitation forecasting and warning in other mountainous regions.…”
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Rossomyrmex, the Slave-Maker Ants from the Arid Steppe Environments by F. Ruano, O. Sanllorente, A. Lenoir, A. Tinaut

“…The host-parasite genera Proformica-Rossomyrmex present four pairs of species with a very wide range of distribution from China to Southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains. Here we review (1) the published data on these pairs in comparison to other slave-makers; (2) the different dispersal ability in hosts and parasites inferred from genetics (chance of migration conditions the evolutionary potential of the species); (3) the evolutionary potential of host and parasite determining the coevolutionary process in each host-parasite system that we treat to define using cuticular chemical data. …”
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Weather Features Associated with Aircraft Icing Conditions: A Case Study by Sergio Fernández-González, José Luis Sánchez, Estíbaliz Gascón, Laura López, Eduardo García-Ortega, Andrés Merino

“…On February 1, 2012, an unusual meteorological situation caused severe icing of a C-212-200, an aircraft used during winter 2011-2012 to study winter cloud systems in the Guadarrama Mountains of the central Iberian Peninsula. Observations in this case were from a MP-3000A microwave radiometric profiler, which acquired atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles continuously every 2.5 minutes. …”
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Köppen–Geiger climate classification across France based on an ensemble of high-resolution climate projections by Strohmenger, Laurent, Collet, Lila, Andréassian, Vazken, Corre, Lola, Rousset, Fabienne, Thirel, Guillaume

“…However, major changes are expected after 2040 under RCP 8.5 for 86% of France, with a massive expansion of the temperate, hot summer with or without dry season, as well as the expansion of temperate climate in mountainous regions. We found that these changes could reach an average transition speed of 7 km·yr-1 northwards. …”
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Water temperature, mixing, and ice phenology in the arctic–alpine Lake Darfáljávri (Lake Tarfala), northern Sweden by Nina Kirchner, Jan Weckström, Joachim Jansen, Frederik Schenk, Jamie Barnett, Annika Granebeck, Matti Leppäranta, Atte Korhola

“…At the c. 48-m-deep and c. 0.5-km2 large proglacial Darfáljávri (Lake Tarfala), located in an arctic–alpine environment in the Scandinavian Mountains, year-round water temperatures were previously reported for 2016 to 2019. …”
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Calculation of Theoretical and Empirical Nutrient N Critical Loads in the Mixed Conifer Ecosystems of Southern California by Joan Breiner, Benjamin S. Gimeno, Mark Fenn

“…Edaphic, foliar, and hydrologic forest nutrient status indicators from 15 mixed conifer forest stands in the Sierra Nevada, San Gabriel Mountains, and San Bernardino National Forest were used to estimate empirical or theoretical critical loads (CL) for nitrogen (N) as a nutrient. …”
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Modeling of spatio-temporal of albedo over Iran by Zahra Hejazizadeh, Meysam Toulabi Nejad, Alireza Rahimi, nasrin bazmi, Atefeh Bosak

“…The results of spatial analysis of albedo values in Iran showed that the highest value is in 44 to 45 degrees of east longitude about 2.8 to 3.3 and the lowest value of albedo is also in 52 to 53 degrees of east longitude, that is, the eastern slopes of the Zagros Mountains, have been recorded at 1 to 1.5 units. In terms of provincial rank, the largest albedo is about 0.25 units in Ilam province and the Fars province is ranked next about 0.24 units. …”
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A comprehensive dataset of above-ground forest biomass from field observations, machine learning and topographically augmented allometric models over the Kashmir HimalayaZenodo by Syed Danish Rafiq Kashani, Faisal Zahoor Jan, Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, Nadeem Ahmad Najar, Irfan Rashid

“…This dataset serves as a crucial resource for forest management, carbon monitoring, and ecological modeling, with broad applications in regional conservation strategies, biodiversity planning, and climate policy development in mountainous ecosystems.…”
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Mechanical Interpretation of Effects of Aeolian FineSands on Coal Fly Ash in Northern Shaanxi Province, China by Xin Wei, Chongyang Gao, Keyu Ai, Jun Zhao, Ling Xu

“…Since disposing the waste materials in mountainous gully widely distributed in the same area is one of the possibilities, the high compressibility and low strength of CFA become a severe problem for the stacking. …”
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Evaluation of land use change, modeling and prediction of areas susceptible to physical development of the city (Case Study: Nurabad Mamasani Town) by rahman zandi, najmeh shafiei, ebrahim akbari, ali hajizadeh shikhanlo

“…Natural parameters are one of the main determinants of the physical development of cities and settlements. In a mountainous area, the effects of these factors have become a barrier to development and can have natural hazards. …”
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The Study of Tourism Comfort Climate Index in Desert Area (Case Study: Yazd Province) by Esmail Heydari Alamdarloo, Hassan Khosravi, Sahar Nasabpour Molaei

“…According to Scott & McBoyle classification, the TCI annual classification shows that Yazd province is placed in two classes: Bi-modal shoulder peak and Dry season peak. Generally, the mountainous area with an altitude of more than 2,700 to 3,000 meters and their surrounding areas when rainfall and lower temperatures is not a limiting factor have the best tourism conditions in the dry season. …”
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Exploring the role of Energy Communities: A Comprehensive Review by M. Asim Amin, Renato Procopio, Marco Invernizzi, Andrea Bonfiglio, Youwei Jia

“…The implementation of this technology allows the electrification of rural or mountainous regions by addressing the obstacles associated with power grid maintenance through substantial restructuring of the underlying energy distribution framework. …”
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Updates to the checklist of nocturnal Macroheterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Central High Atlas of Morocco: One new species added for Morocco by Nidal Fetnassi, Omar Er-rguibi, Abdessamad Aglagane, Mohamed Ghamizi, Erki Õunap

“…Our inventory also sheds light on species that were previously not known to occur within our study area, reporting twelve species from the High Atlas Mountains for the first time. We also suggest omitting Eupithecia farinosa (Geometridae) from the Moroccan Lepidoptera list. …”
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Evaluation of Geomorphological Capabilities in Kermanshah Province in Locating Sensitive and Important Centers with Passive Defense Approach by zahra heidari, asadolah heqazi, shahram rostaei, siros fakhri

“…Given Iran's ongoing role in the Middle East and the constant threat of external threats, it is imperative that I take action on the critical and important steps of my country Of the measures that can prevent the occurrence of malignancies , Kermanshah region due to its geographical location and proximity to Iraq as well as its complex morphology include high mountainous lands, relatively wide valleys and plains, geological structural diversity and With the immediate approach, Identify these natural features It creates the right places With passive defense approach To establish these centers. …”
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Where styles collide: the Western Carpathians in the Early Iron Age in the light of pottery analysis by Joanna A. Markiewicz

“…At the same time, due to the scarcity of archaeological data, consisting mostly of relatively poor pottery assemblages from settlements, these mountainous areas escape unambiguous cultural classifications. …”
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La datation dendrochronologique du coffrage de fondation d’une pile du pont-siphon de l’Yzeron à Beaunant (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Métropole de Lyon) by François Blondel, David Baldassari

“…Several supply areas can be envisaged at varying distances: the Pilat and Ardèche mountains to the south/south-west, the Lyonnais, Forez and Livradois-Forez mountains to the west and the southern part of the Jura massif as well as the northern Pre-Alps to the east. …”
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An Investigation of the Changes in the Iran Precipitation Extreme Indices in Two Normal Climate Periods, 1981-2010 and 2020-1991 by Zohreh Javanshiri, Ebrahim Asadi Oskouei, Fatemeh Abbasi

“…The analysis of mean precipitation indices in two periods showed that heavy precipitation had increased in the second period on the coasts of the Caspian Sea, Zagros Mountains, and southern parts and decreased in the east of Iran.…”
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From Scientific Research to Geoconservation and Geopark by Dan Grigorescu

“…The Haţeg region of Transylvania-Romania, known as the “Haţeg Country”, due to its specific character as a region wholly encircled by mountains, has been renowned for over a century for its palaeontological geosites from which dinosaur bones of several species, dinosaur eggs and hatchlings, were unearthed along with numerous other taxa representative of all the major vertebrate groups: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. …”
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What Is the Radiation Impact of Extreme Solar Energetic Particle Events on Mars? by Jian Zhang, Jingnan Guo, Mikhail I. Dobynde

“…Due to the lack of a global intrinsic magnetic field, Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) can directly propagate through and interact with its atmosphere before reaching the surface and subsurface of Mars. Mars has many high mountains and low‐altitude craters where the atmospheric thickness can be more than 10 times different than one another. …”
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A spatially explicit containment modelling approach for escaped wildfires in a Mediterranean climate using machine learning by Gbenga Lawrence Alawode, Pere Joan Gelabert, Marcos Rodrigues

“…Our analysis identified agricultural plains near non-burnable barriers, such as major road corridors, as having the highest containment probability. Conversely, steep mountainous regions with limited accessibility exhibited lower containment success rates. …”
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