Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Design of a Prefabricated Concrete Slab with PCM Inside the Hollows
Abstract In the recent years, the integration of heat storage systems inside building components has been applied for heating and cooling purposes. The implementation of the thermal energy storage inside the building is used to manage and smooth the ...
2014 / Lidia Navarro, Alvaro de Gracia, Albert Castell, Servando Álvarez, Luisa F. Cabeza -
Finding key vulnerable areas by a climate change vulnerability assessment2016 / Ho Gul Kim, Dong Kun Lee, Huicheul Jung, Sung-Ho Kil, Jin Han Park, et al.
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On the arrival times of halo Coronal Mass Ejections in the vicinity of the Earth
Abstract It is well known that the arrival times of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the vicinity of the Earth play an important role for solar terrestrial environment. It is necessary to predict the CMEs arrival time at 1AU, for the better...
2015 / Nishant Mittal, Udit Narain -
Characteristics of the spring/summer production in the Mecklenburg Bight (Baltic Sea) as revealed by long-term pCO2 data
Summary Automated CO2 partial pressure, pCO2, measurements were performed on a cargo ship that commutes between the Gulf of Finland and the Mecklenburg Bight in the southwest of the Baltic Sea. The data from 2004 to 2014 along a sub-transect in the...
2015 / B. Schneider, S. Buecker, S. Kaitala, P. Maunula, N. Wasmund -
Scenarios and new technologies for a North-European CO2 transport infrastructure in 2050
Abstract This paper assesses possible scenarios for Northern Europe for transportation of CO2 in 2050 as part of a CCS infrastructure, giving focus on off-shore transportation. In addition, the possibility and costs for utilizing the solid...
2014 / Kujanpää Lauri, Ritola Jouko, Nordbäck Nicklas, Teir Sebastian -
Assessment of the potential for developing mini/micro hydropower: A case study in Beppu City, Japan
Abstract Study region Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan was selected as a site of this study. Study focus This study aims to provide quantitative guidelines...
2015 / Masahiko Fujii, Soichiro Tanabe, Makoto Yamada, Taketoshi Mishima, Takahiro Sawadate, et al. -
The potential for snow to supply human water demand in the present and future2015 / Justin S Mankin, Daniel Viviroli, Deepti Singh, Arjen Y Hoekstra, Noah S Diffenbaugh
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A real-time plant discrimination system utilising discrete reflectance spectroscopy
Abstract An advanced, proof-of-concept real-time plant discrimination system is presented that employs two visible (red) laser diodes (635nm, 685nm) and one near-infrared (NIR) laser diode (785nm). The lasers sequentially illuminate the target...
2015 / P. Symonds, A. Paap, K. Alameh, J. Rowe, C. Miller -
Multi-sensor modelling of a forest productivity index for radiata pine plantations2016 / Michael S. Watt, Jonathan P. Dash, Pete Watt, Santosh Bhandari
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Sea surface height variability in the North East Atlantic from satellite altimetry2015 / Paul Sterlini, Hylke de Vries, Caroline Katsman
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HIMALA: Climate Impacts on Glaciers, Snow, and Hydrology in the Himalayan Region2010 / Molly Elizabeth Brown, Hua Ouyang, Shahid Habib, Basanta Shrestha, Mandira Shrestha, et al.
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Scheduled Relaxation Jacobi method: Improvements and applications
Abstract Elliptic partial differential equations (ePDEs) appear in a wide variety of areas of mathematics, physics and engineering. Typically, ePDEs must be solved numerically, which sets an ever growing demand for efficient and highly parallel...
2016 / J.E. Adsuara, I. Cordero-Carrión, P. Cerdá-Durán, M.A. Aloy -
The “genetic erosion” of the soil ecosystem
Abstract This paper takes into consideration the influence of human activities on the loss of pedodiversity in a Mediterranean area due to large scale farming. In particular it examines the quantitative and qualitative soil changes in a period of 53 ...
2015 / Giuseppe Lo Papa, Vanessa Palermo, Carmelo Dazzi -
Fuel usage data analysis for efficient shipping operations
Abstract There are incentives from maritime regulatory bodies to operate ships more efficiently, driven by the need to reduce CO2 budget. In order to establish more efficient ship operations, fuel consumption across the full...
2015 / D.G. Trodden, A.J. Murphy, K. Pazouki, James Sargeant -
Alternative Conceptual Geologic Models for CO2 Injection in a Niagaran Pinnacle Reef Oil Field, Northern Michigan, USA
Abstract The Northern Pinnacle Reef Trend presents a regionally significant potential carbon dioxide utilization and storage resource. Two static earth models of a pinnacle reef were developed to evaluate the effect of increasing geologic detail on...
2014 / John Miller, C. Sullivan, G. Larsen, M. Kelley, W. Rike, et al. -
Distribution and release of 2,4,5-trichlorobiphenyl in ice
Abstract The distribution of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in ice and the release of POPs from ice during ice melting have an important influence on the eco-environment and water quality of a river. Through laboratory simulation experiments,...
2015 / Guo-xia Pei, Yan-hong Han, Geng-yun Liu, Qi Zhang, Wei-juan Cao, et al. -
The Mechanism of Dust Entrainment under Strong Wind with Gustiness
Abstract In East Asia the large range dust storm almost occur after cold front passage in spring. Here, we try to find the mechanism of dust entrainment by the gust wind by analyzing observation data and numerical simulation result. First, the...
2015 / Fei Hu, Xue-Ling Cheng, Qing-Cun Zeng -
Forecasting how residential urban form affects the regional carbon savings and costs of retrofitting and decentralized energy supply
Abstract Low carbon energy supply technologies are increasingly used at the building and community scale and are an important part of the government decarbonisation strategy. However, with their present state of development and costs, many of these...
2016 / Anthony Hargreaves, Vicky Cheng, Sandip Deshmukh, Matthew Leach, Koen Steemers -
Prediction maps of land subsidence caused by groundwater exploitation in Hanoi, Vietnam
Abstract The article presents study results of the land subsidence caused by groundwater exploitation in Hanoi, Vietnam. The study includes collection and analysis of data on geology, hydrology, soil properties and settlements observed at 10...
2015 / Thinh Hong Phi, Ludmila Aleksandrovna Strokova -
Penalty-Free Multi-Objective Evolutionary Approach to Optimization of Anytown Water Distribution Network2016 / Calvin Siew, Tiku T. Tanyimboh, Alemtsehay G. Seyoum