Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Numerical Analysis of the Effects of Windows with Heat Ray Retro-reflective Film on the Outdoor Thermal Environment within a Two-dimensional Square Cavity-type Street Canyon
Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of installing windows with heat ray retro-reflective film for their impact on thermal environments within two-dimensional square cavity-type street canyons. The numerical analysis was conducted...
2016 / Shinji Yoshida, Saori Yumino, Taiki Uchida, Akashi Mochida -
Peer review report 1 on “Climate model performance and change projection for freshwater fluxes: comparison for irrigated areas in Central and South Asia”2016 / Anonymous
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Suppressing Nitrite-oxidizing Bacteria Growth to Achieve Nitrogen Removal from Domestic Wastewater via Anammox Using Intermittent Aeration with Low Dissolved Oxygen2015 / Bin Ma, Peng Bao, Yan Wei, Guibing Zhu, Zhiguo Yuan, et al.
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Geochronology, geochemistry and Hf–Sr–Nd isotopes of the ore-bearing syenite from the Shapinggou porphyry Mo deposit, East Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt
Abstract The Shapinggou Mo deposit is located in the western Dabie mountains, the eastern part of the Qinling-Dabie molybdenum orogenic belt. Shapinggou Mo deposit is a concealed deposit with the ore body mainly hosted by explosive breccia of...
2016 / Tao He, Xiaoyong Yang, Jianghong Deng, Hong Zhang, Shixin Zha, et al. -
Influenza Outbreaks Forecasting in Russian Cities: Is Baroyan-rvachev Approach Still Applicable?
Abstract In the current work we assess the accuracy of the outbreak peak prediction expected in a fixed Russian city with the help of the populational SEIR models fitted to the past local outbreaks happened earlier in the country during the same...
2016 / Vasiliy N. Leonenko, Yulia K. Novoselova, Karen M. Ong -
Tropical/Subtropical Peatland Development and Global CH4 during the Last Glaciation2016 / Hai Xu, Jianghu Lan, Enguo Sheng, Yong Liu, Bin Liu, et al.
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Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) Approach to Deal with Spatio-temporal Water Allocation
Abstract Water of sufficient quantity and quality is indispensable for multiple purposes like domestic use, irrigated agriculture, hydropower generation and ecosystem functioning. However, in many regions of the world water availability is limited...
2016 / Jaime Veintimilla-Reyes, Dirk Cattrysse, Annelies De Meyer, Jos Van Orshoven -
The Economic and Environmental Assessment of Electricity Storage Investments. Any Need for Policy Incentives?
Abstract This study contributes to the current discussion on the economic viability of new investments in electricity storage technologies, its environmental impact in terms of CO2 emissions and level of renewables in the system and some policy...
2016 / Amanda Spisto, Nikola Hrelja -
Assessment of Heatwave Impacts
Abstract The frequency and intensity of urban heatwaves (UHWs) have been growing worldwide due to climate change and the exacerbating effects of urban heat islands (UHIEs). UHWs have many negative impacts, including excess negative health outcomes...
2016 / Gertrud Hatvani-Kovacs, Martin Belusko, John Pockett, John Boland -
FTIR studies on the effect of concentration of polyethylene glycol on polimerization of Shellac2016 / Khairuddin, E. Pramono, S. B. Utomo, V. Wulandari, A. Zahrotul W, et al.
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Investigation on Energy Consumption in Rural Residential Buildings During Heating Season in Severe Cold Areas in Northeast of China
Abstract By measuring practical temperature and performing questionnaire surveys, this paper investigates the energy consumption and existing indoor thermal condition in rural residential buildings during heating season in severe cold areas in...
2016 / Meng Zhen, Cheng Sun, Qi Dong -
San Pedro Leucogranite from a Coruña, Northwest of Spain: Uses of a Heritage Stone
Abstract San Pedro leucogranite from A Coruña, in the Northwest of Spain, has been a building stone widely used in the Middle Ages. Colour, rarity, appearance and petrophysical properties have led to the use of this leucogranite. ...
2016 / D.M. Freire-Lista, R. Fort, M.J. Varas-Muriel -
Control System Design of an Ultra-small Deep Space Probe
Abstract It's a grand opportunity to build new small deep space probe called Shinen2, developed by Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), in corporation with the different companies and institutions of engineering in Kagoshima University (Japan),...
2016 / Sidi Ahmed Bendoukha, Kei-ichi Okuyama, Szasz Bianca, Masanori Nishio -
Peer review report 2 on “Snow-melt flood frequency analysis by means of copula based 2D probability distributions for the Narew River in Poland”2016 /
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Method for Assessment of the Historical Urban Landscape
Abstract The city in Turkey now known as Konuralp was important during the Ottoman period, and is the site of the antique city of Prusias ad Hypium, with a rich historical past in the Hellenistic period. At present, the cultural landscape district...
2016 / Kaya Tanriverdi Aysegul -
Reactions between olivine and CO2-rich seawater at 300 °C: Implications for H2 generation and CO2 sequestration on the early Earth
Abstract To understand the influence of fluid CO2 on ultramafic rock-hosted seafloor hydrothermal systems on the early Earth, we monitored the reaction between San Carlos olivine and a CO2-rich NaCl fluid at 300 °C and 500 bars. During the...
2016 / Hisahiro Ueda, Yusuke Sawaki, Shigenori Maruyama -
Scene Design and Simulation Analysis of Fire Accident in Underwater Tunnel
Abstract In order to reduce the risk of tunnel fire accident, determine the fire power of the tunnel disaster prevention and evacuation facilities set requirements, by means of tunnel fire risk analysis and accident characteristics summary of...
2016 / Qi Zhang -
Electrical resistivity tomography data across the Hockai Fault Zone (Ardenne, Belgium)
Abstract In this work, we present the result of a large-scale geophysical survey that had the objective of identifying the subsurface characteristics and the NE–SW extension of the Hockai Fault Zone: a major NNW–SSE oriented crustal-rooted fault...
2016 / Thomas Lecocq, Thierry Camelbeeck -
Design concerns of room and pillar retreat panels
Abstract Why do some room and pillar retreat panels encounter abnormal conditions? What factors deserve the most consideration during the planning and execution phases of mining and what can be done to mitigate those abnormal conditions when they...
2016 / Ted M. Klemetti, Morgan M. Sears, Ihsan B. Tulu -
Data-driven Surrogate Model Approach for Improving the Performance of Reactive Transport Simulations
Abstract Geochemical simulation models are the computational bottleneck for coupled reactive transport simulations. We investigate the use of a data-driven surrogate model in place of a geochemical simulation model to speed up the run-times of...
2016 / Janis Jatnieks, Marco De Lucia, Doris Dransch, Mike Sips