Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Endogenous Development in Austria's Mountain Regions2006 / Thomas Dax
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Land Cover Change and Its Impacts on Soil C and N in Two Watersheds in the Center of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau2006 / Wang Genxu, Wang Yibo, Qian Ju, Wu Qingbo
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Impacts of ocean albedo alteration on Arctic sea ice restoration and Northern Hemisphere climate2015 / Ivana Cvijanovic, Ken Caldeira, Douglas G MacMartin
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Theoretical Modeling of Pressure and Leakage in Water Distribution Systems
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to summarize the latest theoretical developments on the pressure-leakage relationship in water distribution systems. It is clear that the high leakage exponents often found in field studies are mainly caused by...
2014 / J.E. van Zyl -
Levels of tritium in soils and vegetation near Canadian nuclear facilities releasing tritium to the atmosphere: implications for environmental models
Abstract Concentrations of organically bound tritium (OBT) and tritiated water (HTO) were measured over two growing seasons in vegetation and soil samples obtained in the vicinity of four nuclear facilities and two background locations in Canada. At ...
2014 / P.A. Thompson, N.-O.A. Kwamena, M. Ilin, M. Wilk, I.D. Clark -
Stochastic analysis and uncertainty assessment of tsunami wave height using a random source parameter model that targets a Tohoku-type earthquake fault2014 / Yo Fukutani, Anawat Suppasri, Fumihiko Imamura
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Revaporisation of fission product deposits in the primary circuit and its impact on accident source term
Abstract Chemical revaporisation or physical resuspension of fission product deposits from the primary circuit is now recognised to be a major source term in the late phase of fuel degradation in a severe nuclear accident. These results come from...
2014 / P.D.W. Bottomley, K. Knebel, S. Van Winckel, T. Haste, S.M.O. Souvi, et al. -
Pedestrian exposure to near-roadway PM2.5 in mixed-use urban corridors: A case study of Omaha, Nebraska
Abstract Compact, mixed-use, and pedestrian-oriented urban developments may offer numerous environmental and health benefits, yet they may also facilitate pedestrian exposure to air pollution within the near-roadway environment. This research...
2014 / Bradley Bereitschaft -
Heating and cooling energy trends and drivers in buildings
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a source of information on thermal energy use in buildings, its drivers, and their past, present and future trends on a global and regional basis. Energy use in buildings forms a large part of global...
2014 / Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Luisa F. Cabeza, Susana Serrano, Camila Barreneche, Ksenia Petrichenko -
Dynamic Simulations of Fresnel Solar Power Plants
Abstract As solar energy is a variable power source, solar power plants are facing transients that are not experienced in conventional power plants such as nuclear or fossil ones. It is thus of primary importance to be able to simulate the dynamic...
2014 / S. Rodat, J.V.D. Souza, S. Thebault, V. Vuillerme, N. Dupassieux -
Climatic controls on biophysical interactions in the Black Sea under present day conditions and a potential future (A1B) climate scenario
Abstract A dynamical downscaling approach has been applied to investigate climatic controls on biophysical interactions and lower trophic level dynamics in the Black Sea. Simulations were performed under present day conditions (1980–1999) and a...
2014 / Heather Cannaby, Bettina A. Fach, Sinan S. Arkin, Baris Salihoglu -
Mammalian dental function and wear: A review
Abstract This paper presents a brief synopsis of work on relationships between mammalian tooth form and function, and considers the role of dental wear in studies of mammal teeth. Mammalian teeth function both as guides for chewing and as tools for...
2015 / Peter S. Ungar -
Consumer energy management system with integration of smart meters
Abstract This paper develops an energy management system with integration of smart meters for electricity consumers in a smart grid context. The integration of two types of smart meters (SM) are developed: (i) consumer owned SM and (ii) distributor...
2015 / R. Pereira, J. Figueiredo, R. Melicio, V.M.F. Mendes, J. Martins, et al. -
A multi-method and multi-scale approach for estimating city-wide anthropogenic heat fluxes
Abstract A multi-method approach estimating summer waste heat emissions from anthropogenic activities (Q F ) was applied for a major subtropical city (Phoenix, AZ). These included...
2014 / Winston T.L. Chow, Francisco Salamanca, Matei Georgescu, Alex Mahalov, Jeffrey M. Milne, et al. -
Variation in the orographic extreme rain events over the Meghalaya Hills in northeast India in the two halves of the twentieth century2014 / Paweł Prokop, Adam Walanus
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Thermal analysis of light pipes for insulated flat roofs
Abstract Light pipes transmit daylight into building interiors. Their installation into thermally insulated roofs of low energy buildings can be a problem because of thermal bridges and condensation problems. This article is focused on a CFD...
2014 / Ondřej Šikula, Jitka Mohelníková, Josef Plášek -
A nested multivariate copula approach to hydrometeorological simulations of spring floods: the case of the Richelieu River (Québec, Canada) record flood2014 / Christian Saad, Salaheddine El Adlouni, André St-Hilaire, Philippe Gachon
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Spatial pattern changes of biomass, litterfall and coverage with environmental factors across temperate grassland subjected to various management practices2014 / Miao Liu, Guohua Liu, Xiaoxuan Zheng
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A Novel Approach to Reduce Ray Tracing Simulation Times by Predicting Number or Rays
Abstract A ray tracer, specifically designed for concentrating solar power systems, has been developed at the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG). In most ray tracers a simulation runs until a number of rays, predefined by the user, have...
2014 / S.J. Bode, P. Gauché, D. Griffith -
The physical drivers of historical and 21st century global precipitation changes2014 / Livia Thorpe, Timothy Andrews