Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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A Comparison of Population-based Optimization Techniques for Water Distribution System Expansion and Operation
Abstract This paper presents a water distribution system expansion and operation methodology employing population-based optimization algorithms applied to the Battle of Background Leakage Assessment for Water Networks competition. The problem is...
2014 / M.S. Morley, C. Tricarico -
Detailed spatial modeling of carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure deployment in the southwestern United States
Abstract The implementation of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the power and industrial sectors will require substantial financial investment. Consequently, research is needed to identify cost effective CCS deployment strategies....
2011 / Nils Johnson, Joan Ogden -
Drumlin relief
Abstract Drumlin relief is a key parameter for testing predictions of models of drumlin formation. Although this metric is commonly described in textbooks as being of the order of a few tens of metres, our critical review of the literature suggests...
2012 / Matteo Spagnolo, Chris D. Clark, Anna L.C. Hughes -
Studying, Testing and simulating floor heating solar system
Abstract In this research a floor heating solar system had been studied and installed in renewable energy lab in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Faculty-Damascus University. The ssystem was simulated by using Trnsys program, and...
2011 / Heba A.L. Maleh, Hussen Ali Tine -
Nonlinear parametric study of photon in a Fibre Bragg Grating
Abstract This paper examines the nonlinear effects of alpha and gamma changes on the motion of photon in a Fiber Bragg Grating. The study has been successfully performed out under Bragg resonance condition where the initial frequency of the light...
2009 / Saktioto, Haryana Mohd Hairi, Mohamed Fadhali, Preecha P. Yupapin, Jalil Ali -
Integrated modeling and experimental approach for caprock integrity, risk analysis, and long term safety assessment
Abstract A global safety assessment of geological storage of CO2 involves looking both at the direct protection of the populations with respect to health and sanitary risks, and at the mitigation of CO2 with respect to global warming. A set of...
2009 / Olivier Bildstein, Michel Jullien, Anthony Crédoz, Jocelyne Garnier -
The fate of fluids released from subducting slab in northern Cascadia2011 / K. Ramachandran, R. D. Hyndman
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Focal mechanisms and stress field in the Nobi fault area, central Japan2015 / Kei Katsumata, Masahiro Kosuga, Hiroshi Katao, Takuji Yamada, Aitaro Kato
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Evaluation of the Heat-Pulse Technique for Measuring Soil Water Content with Thermo-TDR Sensor
Abstract The heat-pulse technique is emerging as a useful technique for measuring soil water content, (with the advantages of automated, rapid, and minimal destructive. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Liu et al....
2012 / Xiaona Liu -
Research on Sensitivity for Soil Erosion evaluation from DEM and Remote Sensing Data source of Different Map Scales and Image Resolutions
Abstract Current evaluation on soil erosion in the scale of watershed mostly use the different scale DEM (Digital Evaluation Model) datas and different resolution remote sensing images without considering their sensitivity for soil erosion...
2011 / Sheng-ming Ren, Yin Liang, Bo Sun -
Carbon emissions from energy combustion in rural China
Abstract Carbon emissions from rural energy combustion have not been successfully addressed in the existing accounting system since incomplete data of rural energy consumption and exclusion of emissions from combustion of biofuels in the sectoral or ...
2010 / L.X. Zhang, C.B. Wang, Z.F. Yang, B. Chen -
The Analysis of Characteristic and Spatial Variability or Soil Organic Matter and Organic Carbon around Qinghai Lake
Abstract The use of geostatistics to explore the spatial distribution and variability of soil properties has become an important tool to recognize soil properties. In this paper, we combined actual field sampling data with geostatistics to study the ...
2011 / S.K. Cao, K.L. Chen, G.C. Cao, L. Zhang, J. Ma, et al. -
Quantitative Inversion Model of Water Chlorophyll-a Based on Spectral Analysis
Abstract Water quality has direct impact on national production and people's daily water use, so accurate, and efficient water quality monitoring is particularly important. Taking BaiYangdian as the study area, the spectral characteristics of water...
2011 / Zhuowei Hu, Hongqi Liu, Lin Zhu, Feina Lin -
Study on 3D Visualized Technique for Coalbed Methane Integrated Surface and Underground Drainage in Mining Area
Abstract According to the different features of 3D elements in the coalbed methane (CBM) surface and underground drainage system in the coal mining area, and adopting the 3DMAX static modeling of the drainage equipment and the dynamic modeling of...
2011 / Xinfeng Du -
Dewatering of fine coal and refuse slurries-problems and possibilities
Abstract Dewatering of fine clean coal and refuse slurry is one of the most important aspects of coal cleaning scenario. It is also adds significant cost to the price of clean coal. This article summarizes the current state-of-the art of dewatering...
2009 / B.K. Parekh -
A Gis-Based Decision Support System for Water Trade Management of River Basin Cities
Abstract With the growth and formation of the river basin for several thousand years, a series of cities were formed along water basin. The activities arising from the upstream and downstream cities such as water intake and wastewater discharge...
2010 / G.Z. Zhang, W.N.Zhao, H. Liu -
Phosphorus Fractionation and Bio-availability in Surface Sediments from the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River
Abstract Species and bioavailability of phosphorus in surface sediments from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were investigated using the sequential extraction method. Sedimentary inorganic phosphorus were fractioned into four forms...
2012 / Xiaoli Wang -
Investigating the variation in CO2 sequestration supply curves
Abstract CCS projects that can bring together all pieces of the system—capture, transport, and storage—at the lowest cost will likely be the first to become operational. We have modeled the cost per tonne of CO2 of a geologic sequestration system...
2011 / Antonio C. Baclig, Ernst A. van Nierop, Charles M. Brankman, Robert W. Selover, Kurt Z. House -
Weakened cyclones, intensified anticyclones and recent extreme cold winter weather events in Eurasia2012 / Xiangdong Zhang, Chuhan Lu, Zhaoyong Guan
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Maritime/continental microphysical contrasts in stratus2003 / SEONG SOO YUM, JAMES G. HUDSON