Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Impact of spatial differences on demographic characteristics: A comparative survey in Tuzla River basin
Abstract The Tuzla river basin is located on the southern side of the Biga Peninsula and extends in northeast-southwest direction from the Aegean Sea to the western slope of Mt Ida. The aim of this research is to reveal how the demographic structure ...
2011 / Selver Özözen Kahraman, Vedat Çalıskan, Cengiz Akbulak -
Study on visualization technology of propagation meteorology based on grid data
Abstract In order to display propagation characteristics visually, many studies on theory and application of abstracting information and visual technology have been made. To satisfy the users’ need, a novel method on drawing isoline map and...
2011 / Liu Lei, Song Xiaoling, Wei Qiang -
An Estimation and Factor Decomposition Analysis of Energy-related Carbon Emissions in Beijing
Abstract We calculated energy-related carbon emissions from Beijing's production and household sectors in 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2009 based on the default carbon-emission coefficients provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)....
2012 / J.Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z.F. Yang, S.S. Li -
An Overview of High Accuracy Surface Modeling of Soil Properties
Abstract High accuracy surface modeling (HASM) of soil properties is regarded as an important topic for the fields of pedometrics and “digital soil”. The HASM method, constructed by Yue et al., is a spatial interpolation technique based on the...
2012 / W.J. Shi, T.X. Yue, Z.M. Fan -
Inversion of the Spatially Varying Parameters in a Marine Ecosystem Model
Abstract The adjoint variational method is applied to numerical simulation of marine ecosystem dynamics on global scales based on the spatial parameterization in this study. On the basis of previous studies, we make improvements and conduct...
2012 / X.Y. Li, C.H. Wang, X.Q. Lv -
Anomalous conditions in the south-eastern Bering Sea 1997: linkages among climate, weather, ocean, and Biology2003 / Jeffrey M. Napp, George L. Hunt
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Hygroscopic properties of aerosol particles at high relative humidity and their diurnal variations in the North China Plain2011 / P. F. Liu, C. S. Zhao, T. Göbel, E. Hallbauer, A. Nowak, et al.
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Modification to the Flow Properties of Repository Cement as a Result of Carbonation
Abstract The current UK repository concept for low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes involves using large quantities of cementitious materials for both construction and buffer/backfill. CO2 generated from degradation of waste organic...
2013 / G. Purser, A.E. Milodowski, J.F. Harrington, C.A. Rochelle, A. Butcher, et al. -
Post-frontal Combustion Heat Modeling in DEVS-fire for Coupled Atmosphere-fire Simulation
Abstract Modeling the heat released from a burning wildfire is essential to support coupled atmosphere-fire simulation. This paper presents post-frontal combustion heat modeling in the wildfire spread model of DEVS-FIRE. The developed heat model...
2012 / Haidong Xue, Xiaolin Hu, Nathan Dahl, Ming Xue -
Human impact on the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic elements to peri-alpine lakes (Switzerland) over the last decades2013 / Florian Thevenon, Stefanie B. Wirth, Marian Fujak, John Poté, Stéphanie Girardclos
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Rainfall spatial organization and areal reduction factors in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain)2012 / Raul Rodríguez, Xavier Navarro, M. Carmen Casas, Angel Redaño
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Warming and drought alter C and N concentration, allocation and accumulation in a Mediterranean shrubland2008 / JORDI SARDANS, JOSEP PEÑUUELAS, MARC ESTIARTE, PATRICIA PRIETO
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Impact of microtopography on the geochemistry of soils within archaeological sites in SE Poland2013 / Wojciech Zgłobicki
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Cooling Potentials and CO2 Uptake of Ipomoea Pes-caprae Installed on the Flat Roof of a Single Storey Residential Building in Malaysia
Abstract This paper emphasizes on the cooling effect of green roof in improving indoor comfort of Malaysian homes. The amount of CO2 uptake by the chosen green roof plant is also highlighted in this paper. This study used an experimental procedure...
2012 / Asmat Ismail, Muna Hanim Abdul Samad, Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman, Foong Swee Yeok -
Evaluation of thermal comfort conditions in Ourmieh Lake, Iran2011 / Hassan Farajzadeh, Andreas Matzarakis
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Assimilation of Perimeter Data and Coupling with Fuel Moisture in a Wildland Fire–Atmosphere DDDAS
Abstract We present a methodology to change the state of the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with the fire spread code SFIRE, based on Rothermel's formula and the level set method, and with a fuel moisture model. The fire perimeter...
2012 / Jan Mandel, Jonathan D. Beezley, Adam K. Kochanski, Volodymyr Y. Kondratenko, Minjeong Kim -
Application of 2-D geoelectrical resistivity tomography for subsurface cavity detection in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia
Abstract The presence of natural voids and cavities in subsurface karstic limestones causes severe problem for civil engineering and environmental management. The presence of such features hinders the extension of urbanizations particularly in the...
2013 / Mohamed Metwaly, Fouzan AlFouzan -
HITRAN 2012 refractive indices
Abstract The HITRAN 2012 compilation of the real and imaginary refractive indices of the materials in aerosols and cloud particles is reviewed. Additions to HITRAN 2012 focus upon materials that are absorptive (i.e. minerals, burning vegetation,...
2013 / S.T. Massie, M. Hervig -
Evaluation of impact of shale gas operations in the Barnett Shale region on volatile organic compounds in air and potential human health risks
Abstract Shale gas exploration and production (E&P) has experienced substantial growth across the U.S. over the last decade. The Barnett Shale, in north-central Texas, contains one of the largest, most active onshore gas fields in North America, ...
2013 / A.G. Bunch, C.S. Perry, L. Abraham, D.S. Wikoff, J.A. Tachovsky, et al. -
Preliminary Results from the Experimental Study of CO2-Brine-Rock Interactions at Elevated T & P: Implications for the Pilot Plant for CO2 Storage in Spain
Abstract A new experimental program has been carried out in order to study CO2-brine-rock interactions susceptible to take place in conditions close to those expected in the pilot plant that is being developed in Spain (a carbonate reservoir located ...
2013 / C. Galarza, B. Buil, J. Peña, P.L. Martín, P. Gómez, et al.