title: A multi-lake comparative analysis of the General Lake Model (GLM): Stress-testing across a global observatory network

authors: Bruce, Louise C.

subjects: Science & Technology

abstract: The modelling community has identified challenges for the integration and assessment of lake models due to the diversity of modelling approaches and lakes. In this study, we develop and assess a one-dimensional lake model and apply it to 32 lakes from a global observatory network. The data set included lakes over broad ranges in latitude, climatic zones, size, residence time, mixing regime and trophic level. Model performance was evaluated using several error assessment metrics, and a sensitivity analysis was conducted for nine parameters that governed the surface heat exchange and mixing efficiency. There was low correlation between input data uncertainty and model performance and predictions of temperature were less sensitive to model parameters than prediction of thermocline depth and Schmidt stability. The study provides guidance to where the general model approach and associated assumptions work, and cases where adjustments to model parameterisations and/or structure are required.

text: A multi-lake comparative analysis of the General Lake Model (GLM): Stress-testing across a global observatory network The modelling community has identified challenges for the integration and assessment of lake models due to the diversity of modelling approaches and lakes. In this study, we develop and assess a one-dimensional lake model and apply it to 32 lakes from a global observatory network. The data set included lakes over broad ranges in latitude, climatic zones, size, residence time, mixing regime and trophic level. Model performance was evaluated using several error assessment metrics, and a sensitivity analysis was conducted for nine parameters that governed the surface heat exchange and mixing efficiency. There was low correlation between input data uncertainty and model performance and predictions of temperature were less sensitive to model parameters than prediction of thermocline depth and Schmidt stability. The study provides guidance to where the general model approach and associated assumptions work, and cases where adjustments to model parameterisations and/or structure are required.

year: 2018

title: Digital cities and their commercial aesthetics: The celebration of monarchy in Bangkok

authors: Isaacs, Bronwyn

abstract: This article argues that the expanding role of digital urban infrastructure in Bangkok has revitalised a visual aesthetic designed to uphold royal authority. This royal aesthetic permeates in intimate and widespread areas of city design and urban life, particularly in regard to everyday consumption. The article examines how digital infrastructures facilitate a cheap and efficient continuation of long-standing practices of publicising royal imagery. This politicised practice visually marks Bangkok with a conservative vision of Thainess inextricably tied to monarchy. The article engages with scholarly critiques of ‘smart cities’, scholarship of digital city imaginaries and the study of urban authoritarianism in Bangkok. Based in a visual anthropological approach, the article draws on ethnographic research, both in person and digital, to analyse digital visual propaganda including a campaign called The Pride of Thailand, eulogistic celebrations of King Bhumibol following his death and birthday celebrations of King Vajiralongkorn. The article argues that in Bangkok, digital infrastructures provide an efficient and cost-effective aesthetic that renders urban inequality ordinary and bolster monarchical authority. Owing to the commercial basis of many mainstream digital infrastructures, these images are circulated regardless of consumers’ political preferences. The everyday encounters with images of the monarchy in commercial spaces and online platforms thus serve as an intimate and unavoidable imposition of royal influence.

text: Digital cities and their commercial aesthetics: The celebration of monarchy in Bangkok This article argues that the expanding role of digital urban infrastructure in Bangkok has revitalised a visual aesthetic designed to uphold royal authority. This royal aesthetic permeates in intimate and widespread areas of city design and urban life, particularly in regard to everyday consumption. The article examines how digital infrastructures facilitate a cheap and efficient continuation of long-standing practices of publicising royal imagery. This politicised practice visually marks Bangkok with a conservative vision of Thainess inextricably tied to monarchy. The article engages with scholarly critiques of ‘smart cities’, scholarship of digital city imaginaries and the study of urban authoritarianism in Bangkok. Based in a visual anthropological approach, the article draws on ethnographic research, both in person and digital, to analyse digital visual propaganda including a campaign called The Pride of Thailand, eulogistic celebrations of King Bhumibol following his death and birthday celebrations of King Vajiralongkorn. The article argues that in Bangkok, digital infrastructures provide an efficient and cost-effective aesthetic that renders urban inequality ordinary and bolster monarchical authority. Owing to the commercial basis of many mainstream digital infrastructures, these images are circulated regardless of consumers’ political preferences. The everyday encounters with images of the monarchy in commercial spaces and online platforms thus serve as an intimate and unavoidable imposition of royal influence.

year: 2025

title: E kore koe e ngaro e tōku reo rangatira

authors: Puke, Te Manawanui

subjects: Reo Māori

abstract: Ka whakapeto ngoi ahau ki te wānanga i ngā tini āhuatanga e kōhuru nei, he patu kino nei, e panoni haere nei, e whakamate nei i tōku reo rangatira! E kaha tōmina nei kia kore rawa ai ia e ngaro. Nā reira, ka tīkina te matū o tēnei kaupapa, ka takitaki haere ai mei kore noa e tūpono ka hīnātore mai he māramatanga, he ihumaneatanga i ēnei kōrero āku.

text: E kore koe e ngaro e tōku reo rangatira Ka whakapeto ngoi ahau ki te wānanga i ngā tini āhuatanga e kōhuru nei, he patu kino nei, e panoni haere nei, e whakamate nei i tōku reo rangatira! E kaha tōmina nei kia kore rawa ai ia e ngaro. Nā reira, ka tīkina te matū o tēnei kaupapa, ka takitaki haere ai mei kore noa e tūpono ka hīnātore mai he māramatanga, he ihumaneatanga i ēnei kōrero āku.

year: 2016