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$$k^{n}_{m}$$-Rung picture fuzzy information in a modern approach to multi-attribute group decision-making
Authors: Ibrahim Hariwan Z. , Al-shami Tareq M. , Arar Murad , Hosny M. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractA useful tool for expressing fuzziness and uncertainty is the recently developed n,m-rung orthopair fuzzy set (n,m-ROFS). Due to their superior ability to manage uncertain situations compared to theories of q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets, the n,m-rung orthopair fuzzy sets have variety of applications in decision-making in daily life. To deal with ambiguity and unreliability in multi-attribute group decision-making, this study introduces a novel tool called $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-RPFS). The suggested $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-RPFS incorporates all of the benefits of n,m-ROFS and represents both the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the decision-makers. The presented model is a fruitful advancement of the q-rung picture fuzzy set (q-RPFS). Furthermore, numerous of its key notions, including as complement, intersection, and union are explained and illustrated with instances. In many decision-making situations, the main benefit of $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-rung picture fuzzy sets is the ability to express more uncertainty than q-rung picture fuzzy sets. Then, along with their numerous features, we discover the basic set of operations for the $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-rung picture fuzzy sets. Importantly, we present a novel operator, $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-rung picture fuzzy weighted power average ($$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-RPFWPA) over $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-rung picture fuzzy sets, and use it to multi-attribute decision-making issues for evaluating alternatives with $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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-rung picture fuzzy information. Additionally, we use this operator to pinpoint the countries with the highest expat living standards and demonstrate how to choose the best option by comparing aggregate findings and applying score values. Finally, we compare the outcomes of the q-RPFEWA, SFWG, PFDWA, SFDWA, and SFWA operators to those of the $$k^{n}_{m}$$

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Influence of coupling mechanism of loose layer and fault on multi-physical fields in mining areas
Authors: Luo Jin , Li Yingming , Meng Xiangrui , Guo Qingbiao , Zhao Guangming 
Published: December 2023

AbstractCoal mining under the geological conditions of a loose layer will lead to the intensification of surface movement and deformation, and mining under the geological conditions of a fault will lead to the living slip of a fault. Mining under both conditions will have a great impact on the safety of coal production. To reveal the evolution law of the coupling mechanism of loose layer and fault on the multi-physical fields of overburden, the numerical simulation method is used to simulate the coupling of loose layer and fault with different thicknesses, analyze the changes of vertical stress on the key strata, the changes of surface subsidence, the evolution of elastic energy on the fault zone and the changes of activated slip area of the fault zone. The simulation analysis shows that the vertical stress change trend of the key strata gradually changes from the "V" shape to the "W" shape at the beginning of mining, and the vertical stress concentration will occur at the fault. The loose layer will promote surface subsidence, and the fault will hinder the surface subsidence to a certain extent. The loose layer and the fault alternately affect the surface subsidence. The elastic energy accumulation on the key strata is mainly concentrated on both sides of the goaf. The elastic energy in the center of the goaf is dissipated. The elastic energy accumulation in the fault zone starts from the shallowly buried fault and gradually develops to the deeply buried fault. The instability of fault activation has gone through the initial stage of activation—the intensification stage of activation—the stable stage of activation. Under the working conditions of no loose layer, thin loose layer, and thick loose layer, the fault zone is the first to undergo living slip, and under the action of an extra-thick loose layer, there is a certain lag in the activation slip of the fault zone.
Long-term changes of rice yield loss estimated with AOT40 and M7 metrics using comprehensive ozone and rice cultivation data over South Korea
Authors: Lee Jimin , Han Jin-seok , Park Jinsu , Ahn Joon-Yeong , Lee Gangwoong 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis study examines the change in rice yield due to ozone exposure in South Korea using extended air quality monitoring data from 2000 onwards. Notably, the maximum daily 8-h average O3 (MDA8O3) showed a substantial annual increase of 1 part per billion by volume (ppbv) from 1990 to 2021. AOT40 (accumulated dose of ozone over a threshold of 40 ppb) levels exceeded set thresholds in the early 2010s, and the M7 (mean 7-h ozone mixing ratio) index exhibited a parallel pattern, with a more pronounced increase than the AOT40 during the same period. Spatial variations of AOT40 and M7 metrics have been assessed annually across South Korea since 2000. Both metrics displayed spatial disparities, with higher values in western regions and lower values in the east. In particular, Dangjin and Seosan counties in Chungnam province experienced the greatest rice yield loss due to extensive rice cultivation area and high ozone exposure metrics. The quantified yield loss due to AOT40 increased from 127,000 in 2000 to 230,000 tonnes in 2021 with an increasing rate of 6500 tonnes per year. M7 indicated a rise in yield loss of 3500 tonnes per year, with yield losses growing from 32,000 in 2000 to 92,000 tonnes in 2021. Despite M7’s lower loss, it demonstrated a higher percentage increase of 188% over two decades, which was double AOT40’s 81%. While the decline in rice production was mainly linked to shrinking cultivation areas, its productivity was improved. Taking both factors into account, there was an unexplained 3% decrease in production over the same period. This discrepancy was close to the 2.5% rice yield loss attributed to the AOT40 metrics, suggesting that the majority of the additional 3% decline in production, surpassing improvements in productivity, could be attributed to the impacts of ozone exposure. We estimated the annual economic loss due to rice yield loss up to around 0.6 billion US dollars, corresponding to an annual rice production loss of 230,000 tonnes using AOT40. It is important to note that this value is expected to steadily worsen as ozone levels increase. This underscores the urgency of taking swift measures to reduce ozone levels, aiming not only to mitigate future economic losses but also to prevent potential health implications.
Analysis of spatiotemporal distribution of air quality index (AQI) in the state of West Bengal, India from 2016 to 2021
Authors: Ghosh Buddhadev , Barman Harish Chandra , Padhy Pratap Kumar 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe ambient air quality is progressively declining, especially in emerging countries, due to increased urbanization, high demands of energy, and industrialization. High risks to human health and environmental degradation are associated with air pollution. The analysis of the Air Quality Index (AQI) serves as a valuable tool for simplifying the communication of air quality in a specific region, making it easily comprehensible to the general public. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Indian air quality regulations recommend mathematical functions to compute sub-indices for calculating the AQI. The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the AQI status from a different point of view (monthly, seasonal, and annual variations and association of AQI with meteorological factors) and estimate the future AQI. The monthly AQI values in West Bengal vary from “Satisfactory to Moderate” level from 2016 to 2021. In district-wise, the highest AQI was observed in Kolkata (189), Bardhaman (178), and Murshidabad (167) in the year 2016; Kolkata (180), Bardhaman (155), and Howrah (155) in 2017; Howrah (180), Kolkata (179) and Hoogly (166) in 2018; Howrah (170), Kolkata (156) and Bardhaman (156) in 2019; Howrah (150), South 24 Parganas (137), and Kolkata (136) in 2020 and Howrah (161), Kolkata (139), and South 24 Parganas (139) in 2021 respectively in Winter season. The association between meteorological parameters, such as temperature (r = − 0.605, p < 0.001), relative humidity (r = − 0.647, p < 0.001), and precipitation (r = − 0.821, p < 0.001) and AQI shows a significant strong negative correlation (p < 0.05). In addition, the relative influence of temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity was 53.13%, 36.69%, and 10.18%, respectively, on AQI variation. Temperature plays a significant role in association with AQI distribution in the atmosphere than RH and precipitation. The distribution of AQI in the whole state of West Bengal showed a higher AQI observed in the Southern part compared to the northern part of the state. The study's conclusions and recommendations can help stakeholders and policymakers’ to control and improve the deterioration of air quality caused by concerns about AQI and human health.
Drought and Human Mobility in Africa
Authors: Ceola S. , Mård J. , Di Baldassarre G. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractHuman mobility from droughts is multifaceted and depends on environmental, political, social, demographic and economic factors. Although droughts cannot be considered as the single trigger, they significantly influence people's decision to move. Yet, the ways in which droughts influence patterns of human settlements have remained poorly understood. Here we explore the relationships between drought occurrences and changes in the spatial distribution of human settlements across 50 African countries for the period 1992–2013. For each country, we extract annual drought occurrences from two indicators, the international disaster database EM‐DAT and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI‐12) records, and we evaluate human settlement patterns by considering urban population data and human distance to rivers, as derived from nighttime lights. We then compute human displacements as variations in human distribution between adjacent years, which are then associated with drought (or non‐drought) years. Our results show that drought occurrences across Africa are often associated with (other things being equal) human mobility toward rivers or cities. In particular, we found that human settlements tend to get closer to water bodies or urban areas during drought conditions, as compared to non‐drought periods, in 70%–81% of African countries. We interpret this tendency as a physical manifestation of drought adaptation, and discuss how this may result into increasing flood risk or overcrowding urban areas. As such, our results shed light on the interplay between human mobility and climate change, bolstering the analysis on the spatiotemporal dynamics of drought risks in a warming world.
A Comprehensive Assessment of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks of Australasia's Carbon Budget
Authors: Villalobos Yohanna , Canadell Josep G. , Keller Elizabeth D. , Briggs Peter R. , Bukosa Beata , Giltrap Donna L. , Harman Ian , Hilton Timothy W. , Kirschbaum Miko U. F. , Lauerwald Ronny , Liang Liyin L. , Maavara Taylor , Mikaloff‐Fletcher Sara E. , Rayner Peter J. , Resplandy Laure , Rosentreter Judith , Metz Eva‐Marie , Serrano Oscar , Smith Benjamin 
Published: December 2023

AbstractRegional carbon budget assessments attribute and track changes in carbon sources and sinks and support the development and monitoring the efficacy of climate policies. We present a comprehensive assessment of the natural and anthropogenic carbon (C‐CO2) fluxes for Australasia as a whole, as well as for Australia and New Zealand individually, for the period from 2010 to 2019, using two approaches: bottom‐up methods that integrate flux estimates from land‐surface models, data‐driven models, and inventory estimates; and top‐down atmospheric inversions based on satellite and in situ measurements. Our bottom‐up decadal assessment suggests that Australasia's net carbon balance was close to carbon neutral (−0.4 ± 77.0 TgC yr−1). However, substantial uncertainties remain in this estimate, primarily driven by the large spread between our regional terrestrial biosphere simulations and predictions from global ecosystem models. Within Australasia, Australia was a net source of 38.2 ± 75.8 TgC yr−1, and New Zealand was a net CO2 sink of −38.6 ± 13.4 TgC yr−1. The top‐down approach using atmospheric CO2 inversions indicates that fluxes derived from the latest satellite retrievals are consistent within the range of uncertainties with Australia's bottom‐up budget. For New Zealand, the best agreement was found with a national scale flux inversion estimate based on in situ measurements, which provide better constrained of fluxes than satellite flux inversions. This study marks an important step toward a more comprehensive understanding of the net CO2 balance in both countries, facilitating the improvement of carbon accounting approaches and strategies to reduce emissions.
Active‐Source Seismic Imaging of Fault Re‐Activation and Leakage: An Injection Experiment at the Mt Terri Rock Laboratory, Switzerland
Authors: Shadoan Tanner A. , Ajo‐Franklin Jonathan B. , Guglielmi Yves , Wood Todd , Robertson Michelle , Cook Paul , Soom Florian , Daley Thomas M. , Hopp Chet , Tribaldos Verónica Rodríguez , Marchesini Pierpaolo , Nussbaum Christophe , Birkholzer Jens 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWe conducted a time‐lapse seismic experiment utilizing automated active seismic source and sensor arrays to monitor a reactivated fault within the Opalinus clay formation at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory (Switzerland), an analog caprock for geologic carbon storage. A series of six brine injections were conducted into the so‐called Main Fault to reactivate it. Seismic instrumentation in five monitoring boreholes on either side of the fault was used to continuously probe changes in P‐wave travel‐times associated with fault displacement and leakage. We performed time‐lapse travel‐time tomography on five hundred sequential data sets; this revealed a zone of decreased P‐wave velocity, up to 16 m/s, during each injection cycle, followed by a velocity increase during shut‐in. These results demonstrate varying elastic property perturbations, both spatially and temporally, along the fault plane during reactivation. We then interpreted these velocity changes in terms of fault dilation induced by pressurized fluids along the fault.
Differentiating Between Simultaneous Loss Drivers in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt: Multi‐Dimensional Phase Space Density Analysis
Authors: Staples F. A. , Ma Q. , Kellerman A. , Rae I. J. , Forsyth C. , Sandhu J. K. , Bortnik J. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWe analyzed the contribution of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave driven electron loss to a flux dropout event in September 2017. The evolution of electron phase space density (PSD) through the dropout showed the formation of a radially peaked PSD profile as electrons were lost at high L*, resembling distributions created by magnetopause shadowing. By comparing 2D Fokker Planck simulations of pitch angle diffusion to the observed change in PSD, we found that the μ and K of electron loss aligned with maximum scattering rates at dropout onset. We conclude that, during this dropout event, EMIC waves produced substantial electron loss. Because pitch angle diffusion occurred on closed drift paths near the last closed drift shell, no radial PSD minimum was observed. Therefore, the radial PSD gradients resembled solely magnetopause shadowing loss, even though the local pitch angle scattering produced electron losses of several orders of magnitude of the PSD.
The Relation Among the Ring Current, Subauroral Polarization Stream, and the Geospace Plume: MAGE Simulation of the 31 March 2001 Super Storm
Authors: Bao Shanshan , Wang Wenbin , Sorathia Kareem , Merkin Viacheslav , Toffoletto Frank , Lin Dong , Pham Kevin , Garretson Jeffrey , Wiltberger Michael , Lyon John , Michael Adam 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe geospace plume, referring to the combined processes of the plasmaspheric and the ionospheric storm‐enhanced density (SED)/total electron content (TEC) plumes, is one of the unique features of geomagnetic storms. The apparent spatial overlap and joint temporal evolution between the plasmaspheric plume and the equatorial mapping of the SED/TEC plume indicate strong magnetospheric‐ionospheric coupling. However, a systematic modeling study of the factors contributing to geospace plume development has not yet been performed due to the lack of a sufficiently comprehensive model including all the relevant physical processes. In this paper, we present a numerical simulation of the geospace plume in the 31 March 2001 storm using the Multiscale Atmosphere‐Geospace Environment model. The simulation reproduces the observed linkage of the two plumes, which, we interpret as a result of both being driven by the electric field that maps between the magnetosphere and the ionosphere. The model predicts two velocity channels of sunward plasma drift at different latitudes in the dusk sector during the storm main phase, which are identified as the sub‐auroral polarization stream (subauroral polarization streams (SAPS)) and the convection return flow, respectively. The SAPS is responsible for the erosion of the plasmasphere plume and contributes to the ionospheric TEC depletion in the midlatitude trough region. We further find the spatial distributions of the magnetospheric ring current ions and electrons, determined by a delicate balance of the energy‐dependent gradient/curvature drifts and the E × B drifts, are crucial to sustain the SAPS electric field that shapes the geospace plume throughout the storm main phase.
Sea Ice‐Driven Variability in the Pacific Subantarctic Mode Water Formation Regions
Authors: Sanders R. N. C. , Meijers A. J. S. , Holland P. R. , Naveira Garabato A. C. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractSubantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) forms north of the Subantarctic Front, in regions of deep winter mixed layers, and is important to the absorption and storage of anthropogenic CO2 and heat. Two SAMW pools exist in the Pacific, a lighter Central mode (CPSAMW), and a denser Southeast mode (SEPSAMW). Both have experienced significant interannual variability in thickness and properties in recent years. We compute mixed layer temperature and salinity budgets for the two SAMW formation regions, to determine the relative contribution of processes driving variability in the properties of mixed layers that subduct to form SAMW. The dominant drivers of temperature and salinity variability are shown to be surface fluxes, horizontal advection, and entrainment of deeper water. Salt advection into each SAMW formation region is found to be strongly correlated with changes in sea ice area in the northern Ross Sea, with lags of up to 2 years. Further correlation is found between meridional salt advection in the southeast Pacific formation regions, and sea ice area in the northern Amundsen/Bellingshausen seas, suggesting that freshwater derived from sea ice melt reaches the SEPSAMW formation region within 6 months. In 2016, strong advective freshening of the SEPSAMW formation region, linked to increased winter sea ice in the Amundsen/Bellingshausen seas, led to anomalously fresh mixed layers. However, a regime change in Antarctic sea ice in 2016 resulted in a subsequent lack of the usual advective freshening in the SEPSAMW formation region, driving increased salinity of the mixed layer the following year.
Simulation of Temperature Extremes Over West Africa With MPAS
Authors: Tanimoune Laouali Ibrahim , Smiatek Gerhard , Kunstmann Harald , Abiodun Babatunde J. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractA large ensemble of 51 simulations with the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) has been applied to assess its ability to reproduce extreme temperatures and heat waves in the area of West Africa. With its global approach the model avoids transition errors influencing the performance of limited area climate models. The MPAS simulations were driven with sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice extent as the only boundary condition. The results reveal moderate cold biases in the range from −0.6° to −0.9°C for the daily mean temperature and −1.2° to −2.0°C for the area mean of the daily maximum temperature. The bias in the number of tropical nights ranges from +3 to −10 days. An underestimation by up to 50% is also present regarding the number of summer days. The heat wave duration index is underestimated regionally by 10%–60%. MPAS simulations are generally closer to the reanalysis results than they are to the observational reference. The results from long term runs and from short term runs with selected SST years are similar. Shortcomings in the reproduction of the temperature and precipitation indices found in the present investigation indicate that the global MPAS approach does provide a fidelity similar to that of the regional climate models.
Prominent Role of Sulfate Reduction in Considerable Sulfur Retention in a Subtropical Soil
Authors: Yu Qian , Mulder Jan , Si Gaoyue , Yu Longfei , Kang Ronghua , Liu Kaiyi , Hao Jiming , Duan Lei 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe sulfur biogeochemical cycle controls the sulfur dynamics in the soil. In contrast to almost all deposited sulfur leaching out in temperate catchments, approximately 80% of the deposited S is retained in the catchments in subtropical regions. However, the mechanisms for sulfur retention were unclear, hindering the understanding of potential threats of legacy sulfur with environmental changes. Here, we demonstrated that sulfate reduction (as sulfide fixed in soil) was a prominent yet overlooked mechanism for sulfur retention in addition to the widely recognized sulfate adsorption in soil, based on a study on soil sulfur storage and stable isotope signatures within entire soil profiles in a typical subtropical catchment in China. Using a dual‐isotopic model, the sulfate reduction flux was further determined to be 30% of the S deposition. Due to a lot of deposited sulfur fixed via sulfate reduction, the release of soil legacy sulfur would be less in response to decreasing sulfur deposition compared to the projections only considering adsorption. However, the remobilization of large amounts of reduced S should be regarded as a threat to the environment under climate change in the future.