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ABSTRACT Worldwide, a comprehensive characterization has been implemented in different farming systems but not in sugarcane agroecosystems for panela production in high Andean regions. In Colombia, panela is an important staple food, being the second largest producer in the world; however, the predominant cropping systems in different regions have not yet been fully described. Using secondary information, as well as the implementation of semi-structured surveys with farmer participation, together with geographic information system analysis tools, 341 farms and management measures were identified in a large sugarcane productive region in Colombia. Sufficient soil and climatic conditions were found for production, siltstone parent material (38.84%), predominant spine relief (83.23%), rainfall (1,000 mm), relative humidity (86%) and annual temperature (23 °C). The types cropping systems were determined, characterizing their management, as well as variables of the socioeconomic structure of the region. The production systems were classified into five gropus, were the typification of farms was mainly by three cutting systems called “parejo”, “entresaque” and a new cutting system was identified, called “parejo” without renewal. As a complement, deficiencies were found in socioeconomic, technical and technological aspects in the province of Gualivá (Cundinamarca), being a generalized panorama in this important productive system in the country.

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The article provides a detailed overview of Spain's autumn in 2023, highlighting temperature and precipitation trends, noting it as the second warmest fall since 1961 with notable deviations from typical temperature ranges. It highlights temperature anomalies across different regions, indicating exceptionally warm conditions, particularly in the southwest quadrant and extremely warm conditions across the rest of the peninsula, Baleares, and Canarias.

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The generation of dust due to the transport and handling of iron ore is a prominent environmental problem today. The reduction of emission levels has been the focus of many companies in the mineral sector, which implement solutions such as the use of suppressive products and the enclosure of transfer points. Dust emission is potentiated by local atmospheric conditions, which cause the evaporation of surface moisture from the wet ore, breaking the liquid bridges that hold the particles together. In addition to mass loss, the moisture gradient between the dried surface and the lower layers initiates and maintains moisture transport by capillarity and diffusion for surface evaporation. To define the sinter feed drying dynamics, an open section drying tunnel with a weighing system and humidity sensor was used to replicate three different atmospheric conditions (1,5m.s-1 e 23°C; 3,0m.s-1 e 26°C; 4,5m.s-1 e 29°C). The experimental curves were fitted with Page's model and showed an initial period of constant rate followed by a period of decreasing rate The drying time for the mildest condition was 90h and the minimum time was 30h for the maximum temperature and speed adopted. The maximum and minimum drying rates obtained were 2,6g.m.-2. h-1 0,3g.m-2. h-1. The results of the study can be used as a basis for strategies to reduce dust emissions, resulting in an improvement in the quality of life of the community impacted by the environmental problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Submeso-scale flow is very important under conditions of stable stratification, which often occurs at the NBL, as this type of flow can produce intermittent turbulence. Thus, it is proposed to identify submeso scale signals and verify their relationship with the variability of some turbulent parameters, especially the height of the inflection point, on three nights with different atmospheric stability conditions. High frequency data (20 Hz) were used, which were measured by sonic anemometers at the 10 vertical levels of the micrometeorological tower, located at an experimental site in central Amazonia (site K34). In these data, the Morlet wavelet transform was applied to the variable u (zonal wind) to identify the intensity of the submeso signal. The data were also used to calculate the turbulent parameters (z/L, u*, H, ϕm and inflection point) to verify the influence of submeso phenomena. The results show that submeso phenomena can affect the height of the inflection point. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the work is to investigate the possibility of cold air drainage flows over gently undulating terrain with a grassland cover. Such type of landscape is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Drainage flows have been reported in previous studies and seem to happen over a wide range of scales of topographic features. Under stable atmospheric conditions, thin-cold air layers may form and accumulate over the surface. If the surface is sloped, the weight can exceed the local vertical pressure gradient causing the cold air to acquire a negative buoyancy and flow down the slope. Such flows make the cold air to accumulate at the lower parts of the terrain. In the work, we analyze temperature, wind, and longwave radiation data collected at a micrometeorological. During several occasions is observed that the flow near the surface, at levels below 4 m, follows the direction of the slope, while the flow above follows different directions. Such events have wind speeds less than 1 ms-1 and happens when the flow at the top of the tower (30 m) is less than 4 ms-1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tank deposits are small sedimentary bodies of quaternary age that fill natural tanks in rocky outcrops, especially granite plains (lajedos) and domes, in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil. These deposits are, in most cases, stratified siliciclastic sediments and, eventually, fossiliferous, preserving remains of a diverse prehistoric megafauna that inhabited the area during the Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene. In the present work, the deposit that fills the interior of the fossiliferous natural tank Jirau 01, in the Paleontological Site Jirau - municipality of Itapipoca (CE), corresponds to the main target of investigation. The analysis of samples collected in the field indicates that the depositional dynamics is related to the action of several factors that influenced the surface processes and the transport of sediments in different space-time scales. There is evidence of erosive-depositional pulses, above all, events related to the remobilization of alteration mantles - resulting from physical-chemical weathering around the paleontological site - and flakes of desquamation in a saprolitic state on the side wall of the tank that provided part of the material sediment from the tank deposit. This discussion subsidizes, even at the local scale level, the understanding of the geologicalgeomorphological and paleontological reconstitution of the northeastern semi-arid region. Thus, the theme associated with filling in natural tanks constitutes an important chapter on Quaternary Geomorphology, especially in the Brazilian semiarid region, since such relief features, when completely filled in tend to preserve information about the dynamics of the landscape and its environment. surroundings, helping to reconstitute part of the paleoenvironmental scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extratropical cyclones are one of the atmospheric systems that cause the most changes in the weather of the regions where they act. In some situations, these systems have a penetration rate of ~24 hPa/24 h, giving them the status of explosive cyclones. Between June and July 2020, one such cyclone appeared between Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay and rapidly moved to the ocean. Given this context, this study describes the life cycle of the extratropical cyclone and the atmospheric systems associated with it, which caused much environmental and material damage, and the death of at least 12 people in the state of Santa Catarina. Reanalysis data were used to describe the cyclone configuration, while media news and data provided by the state's civil defense were used to describe its impacts. Results showed that the cyclone originated at medium/high levels of the atmosphere and reached a penetration rate of 36 hPa in 24 hours, giving it the characteristic of an explosive cyclone. The cold frontal branch of this system, which had its center over the ocean, acted over Santa Catarina helping to form other damaging meteorological systems in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]