Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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A Study of a BIPV/T Collector Prototype for Building Façade Applications
Abstract BIPV/T collectors incorporated into building envelopes can be used to replace conventional building materials in roofs, skylights or façades. A new design of BIPV/T solar air collector prototype for façade retrofit with emphasis on...
2015 / Edvinas Bigaila, Efstratios Rounis, Peter Luk, Andreas Athienitis -
Implementation of European marine policy: New water quality targets for German Baltic waters
Abstract A full re-calculation of Water Framework Directive reference and target concentrations for German coastal waters and the western Baltic Sea is presented, which includes a harmonization with HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) targets....
2014 / Gerald Schernewski, Rene Friedland, Marina Carstens, Ulrike Hirt, Wera Leujak, et al. -
The influence of boreal winter extratropical North Pacific Oscillation on Australian spring rainfall2015 / Linye Song, Yun Li, Wansuo Duan
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Simulation on the Groundwater Temperature Field of Groundwater Heat Pump System
Abstract The groundwater heat pump system is a new clean energy technology. Its attractive advantages of high efficiency, environmental friendliness and energy conservation had made itself favored by people. But there exist some problems in the...
2015 / Guohui Feng, Hui Gong, Shui Yu -
Global monsoon change during the Last Glacial Maximum: a multi-model study2015 / Mi Yan, Bin Wang, Jian Liu
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Linking the soil moisture distribution pattern to dynamic processes along slope transects in the Loess Plateau, China2015 / Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu, Guangyao Gao, Ji Zhou, Lei Jiao, et al.
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Abnormal interruption of water flow from an artesian well prior to 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Abstract: Water flow from an artesian well stopped on December 17, 2007 but recovered when the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake occurred on May 12, 2008. This well is located 90 km south of the epicenter in an extensional tectonic setting, where similar...
2015 / Liu Chenglong, Che Yongtai, Xu Yinju, Shi Zheming, Yang Xianhe -
Geochronological constraints on the metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates
Abstract The Semail ophiolite of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides the best preserved large slice of oceanic lithosphere exposed on the continental crust, and offers unique opportunities to study processes of ocean crust formation,...
2016 / Nick M.W. Roberts, Robert J. Thomas, Joachim Jacobs -
The structure and stratigraphy of the sedimentary succession in the Swedish sector of the Baltic Basin: New insights from vintage 2D marine seismic data
Abstract We present five interpreted regional seismic profiles, describing the full sedimentary sequence across the Swedish sector of the Baltic Sea. The data for the study are part of an extensive and largely unpublished 2D seismic dataset acquired ...
2016 / Daniel Sopher, Mikael Erlström, Nicholas Bell, Christopher Juhlin -
A Laboratory Study of the Elastic and Anelastic Properties of the Sandstone Flooded with Supercritical CO2 at Seismic Frequencies
Abstract The paper studies the influence of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) on the elastic and inelastic properties of sandstone at seismic frequencies (0.1 - 100Hz). The seismic frequency experiments were performed with a low-frequency laboratory...
2014 / Vassily Mikhaltsevitch, Maxim Lebedev, Boris Gurevich -
Remediation of CO2 leakage using pressure gradient reversal method: A numerical modelling study
Abstract It has been suggested that injection of brine above the caprock, at a higher pressure than the CO2 pressure in the reservoir, would create an inverse pressure gradient to reverse the flow direction and increase the solubility of CO2 in the...
2014 / Dong Chen, Ji-Quan Shi, Sevket Durucan, Anna Korre, Amer Syed -
Procedure to Derive Parameters for Stochastic Modelling of Outdoor Water use in Residential Estates
Abstract The outdoor water use of residential properties is a major contributor to the seasonal fluctuation of the overall water use of these properties. The outdoor water use components were mathematically defined and combined to develop an outdoor ...
2015 / Jacques L du Plessis, Heinz E. Jacobs -
How much can we gain with increasing model complexity with the same model concepts?
Summary The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that, with appropriate structures, increasing model complexity with the same model concepts would lead to an increase in the model efficiency in simulating either runoff or internal...
2015 / Hong Li, C.-Y. Xu, Stein Beldring -
Reservoir architecture patterns of sandy gravel braided distributary channel
Abstract The purpose of this study was to discuss shape, scale and superimposed types of sandy gravel bodies in sandy-gravel braided distributary channel. Lithofacies analysis, hierarchy bounding surface analysis and subsurface dense well pattern...
2016 / Senlin Yin, Zhangming Hu, Xiang Ren, Xiaojun Wu, Yanhui Chen, et al. -
Spatial analysis of various multiplex cinema types
Abstract This study identifies the spatial characteristics and relationships of each used space according to the multiplex type. In this study, multiplexes are classified according to screen rooms and circulation systems, and each used space is...
2015 / Young-Seo Park, Sungil Ham -
Experimental study on the effects of artificial vegetation density on forehead of saline current flow
Abstract Gravity current is one of the most important factors in the deposition and reservoirs useful life reducing. The progressive section (forehead of gravity current) is an important part of this process which is influenced by many factors. In...
2016 / Atena Khalili Naftchali, Hossein Khozeymehnezhad, Abolfazl Akbarpour, Peyman Varjavand -
Model Based Indirect Submetering Method of HVAC End-use in Existing Office Building
Abstract Traditional direct sub-metering method suffers from high cost and installation difficulties in the actual construction. Especially, the HVAC end-use energy consumption measurement is extremely difficult, because it is always mixed together...
2015 / Ying Ji, Peng Xu -
Mobile RHS: A Mobile Application to Support the “River Habitat Survey” Methodology
Abstract The Fluvial Ecology Laboratory at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (LEF-CITAB) uses the River Habitat Survey (RHS) methodology a Water Framework Directive accepted method for assessing the character and habitat quality of...
2015 / António Cunha, Pedro Gonçalves, João Barreira, António Trigo, Samantha Jane Hughes -
The development of the GSFC DORIS contribution to ITRF2014
Abstract The NASA GSFC DORIS analysis center has processed data from January 1993 to December 2014 and provided 1141 weekly solutions in the form of normal equations for incorporation into the DORIS solution for ITRF2014. The solution time series,...
2016 / F.G. Lemoine, D.S. Chinn, N.P. Zelensky, J.W. Beall, K. Le Bail -
Comparison between wave generation methods for numerical simulation of bimodal seas
Abstract This paper describes an investigation of the generation of desired sea states in a numerical wave model. Bimodal sea states containing energetic swell components can be coastal hazards along coastlines exposed to large oceanic fetches....
2016 / Daniel A. Thompson, Harshinie Karunarathna, Dominic Reeve