Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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A probabilistic assessment of the likelihood of vegetation drought under varying climate conditions across China2016 / Zhiyong Liu, Chao Li, Ping Zhou, Xiuzhi Chen
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Custom Map Projections for Regional Groundwater Models2016 / Eve L. Kuniansky
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Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison2013 / Harry J. Dowsett, Kevin M. Foley, Danielle K. Stoll, Mark A. Chandler, Linda E. Sohl, et al.
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Inversion of ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) waveforms for oceanic crust structure: a synthetic study2016 / Xueyan Li, Yanbin Wang, Yongshun John Chen
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Impacts of Climate Changes on Water Resources in Yellow River Basin, China
Abstract This study examined the impacts of future climate changes on water resources and extreme flows in Yellow River Basin (YRB), China, using the Coupled Land surface and Hydrology Model System (CLHMS) driven by the IPCC scenarios RCP 2.6, 4.5...
2016 / Yongnan Zhu, Zhaohui Lin, Jianhua Wang, Yong Zhao, Fan He -
Spatio-temporal changes of a mangrove–saltmarsh ecotone in the northeastern coast of Florida, USA
Abstract General circulation models predict warming trends and changes in temperature and precipitation patterns that have the potential to alter the structure and function of coastal habitats. The purpose of this study was to quantify the expansion ...
2016 / Wilfrid Rodriguez, Ika C. Feller, Kyle C. Cavanaugh -
Atmospheric mercury measurements at a suburban site in the Mid-Atlantic United States: Inter-annual, seasonal and diurnal variations and source-receptor relationships
Abstract Different atmospheric mercury forms have been measured at a suburban site in Beltsville, Maryland in the Mid-Atlantic United States since 2007 to investigate their inter-annual, seasonal and diurnal variabilities. Average concentrations and ...
2016 / Xinrong Ren, Winston T. Luke, Paul Kelley, Mark D. Cohen, Richard Artz, et al. -
Episodic construction of the Tatra granitoid intrusion (Central Western Carpathians, Poland/Slovakia): consequences for the geodynamics of Variscan collision and Rheic Ocean closure2015 / Aleksandra Gawęda, Jolanta Burda, Urs Klötzli, Jan Golonka, Krzysztof Szopa
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Benchmarking Key Success Factors for the Future Green Airline Industry
Abstract The airline industry is one of the fastest growing industries as well as transportation modes in the world. Global airline contributes about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions and supports 8% of the world economic activity in terms of...
2016 / Muhammad-Azfar Abdullah, Boon-Cheong Chew, Syaiful-Rizal Hamid -
Optimal siting and sizing of wind farms
Abstract In this paper, we propose a novel technique to determine the optimal placement of wind farms, thereby taking into account wind characteristics and electrical grid constraints. We model the long-term variability of wind speed using a Weibull ...
2016 / Hale Cetinay, Fernando A. Kuipers, A. Nezih Guven -
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Current Practices and Future Recommendation
Abstract Management of solid waste, including the municipal solid waste (MSW), is a major challenge in urban regions of most part of the world, including Southeast Asia. Due to the lack of effective management programs, regulations, and policies;...
2016 / R.L. Verma, G. Borongan, M. Memon -
Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review2016 / Barbara Gworek, Olga Bemowska-Kałabun, Marta Kijeńska, Justyna Wrzosek-Jakubowska
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Reasonable potential for GHG savings by anaerobic biomethane in Germany and UK derived from economic and ecological analyses
Abstract This study introduces a new approach to estimate biomethane market potential by analysing biogas markets and their relative environmental and economic advantages. This potential is then combined with greenhouse gas emission values for...
2016 / Thomas Horschig, Paul W.R. Adams, Mirjam Röder, Patricia Thornley, Daniela Thrän -
A distributed Grid-Xinanjiang model with integration of subgrid variability of soil storage capacity
Abstract Realistic hydrological response is sensitive to the spatial variability of landscape properties. For a grid-based distributed rainfall-runoff model with a hypothesis of a uniform grid, the high-frequency information within a grid cell will...
2016 / Wei-jian Guo, Chuan-hai Wang, Teng-fei Ma, Xian-min Zeng, Hai Yang -
The 'Little Ice Age in the Himalaya: A review of glacier advance driven by Northern Hemisphere temperature change2016 / A. V. Rowan
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The Zero Heat Flux Method and Sweat Loss Modeling in Sports: Attempts of Next Generation Sports Information Systems
Abstract Today professional and amateur endurance athletes commonly use biofeedback systems to monitor their training and competition pace. Body core temperature and sweat loss are crucial factors influencing physical capabilities. Unfortunately,...
2016 / Marius Janta, Nadja Höschele, Veit Senner -
The relationship between trace mineral concentrations of amniotic fluid with placenta traits in the pregnancy toxemia Ghezel ewes
Abstract Objective This study was conducted to investigate the trace mineral concentrations (Mg, Se, Zn, Cu and Fe) in amniotic fluid (AF) in 40 pregnancy toxemia Ghezel ewes at the time of parturition phase and its association...
2016 / Ali Olfati, Gholamali Moghaddam, Nasroallah Moradi Kor, Behzad Baradaran -
Source Modeling of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake Sequence: Implications for Geodynamics and Earthquake Hazards
Abstract The Gorkha earthquake on April 25th, 2015 was a long anticipated, low-angle thrust-faulting event on the shallow décollement between the India and Eurasia plates. We present a detailed multiple-event hypocenter relocation analysis of the Mw ...
2016 / D.E. McNamara, W. Yeck, W. Barnhart, V. Schulte-Pelkum, E. Bergman, et al. -
Flood-prone Areas Mapping at Semarang City by Using Simple Additive Weighting Method
Abstract Semarang city is one of the cities in Java which is flooding frequently. This research develops Mapping of Flood-Prone Areas which is analyzed as the reasons of local flooding. Local flooding happens only in certain places where the rain...
2016 / Rizka Ella Setyani, Ragil Saputra -
Bio- and toxic elements in edible wild mushrooms from two regions of potentially different environmental conditions in eastern Poland2016 / Justyna Brzezicha-Cirocka, Małgorzata Mędyk, Jerzy Falandysz, Piotr Szefer